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Cancer Cell Biology Program Faculty Mentors And Advisors

Faculty eligible to mentor CCB students (e.g., have active labs that (a) are currently mentoring a student(s); (b) historically have mentored CCB students and have the potential to do so again in the future; (c) have not mentored a CCB student but have clear potential to do so based on research focus and (d) have shown a clear desire to mentor a student in the CCB program:

Michael Ruppert, MD/PhD

Positions: Jo and Ben Statler Chair of Breast Cancer Research, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Leader Breast Cancer Research, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-5246

Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS

Positions: Associate Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Senior Advisor, Research Collaborations, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-581-1683

Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS

Positions: Director Gamma Knife; Associate Professor, Neurosurgery; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-598-6127

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Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD

Positions: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Co-Leader Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3398

Emidio Pistilli, PhD

Positions: Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Director of Admissions, Office of Research and Graduate Education, Research & Graduate Education; Director, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Program, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0291

Steven A. Artz, MD, FACP, FACE, FACNM

Position: Professor, Endocrinology, Medicine
Phone: 304-388-5590

Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-598-4500

Margaret Bennewitz, PhD

Positions: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
Phone: 304-293-0567

Brian Boone, MD

Positions: Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, Surgery; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories
Phone: 304-293-2428

Timothy Eubank, PhD

Positions: Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0525

Steven M. Frisch, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-2980

Laura F. Gibson, PhD

Position: Professor Emeritus, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology

Alexey V. Ivanov, PhD

Positions: Res. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-4936

Valery V. Khramtsov, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-4470

Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

Positions: Professor, Benedum Fellow and the Mylan Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0944

Ivan Martinez, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories; Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-581-1934

Elena N. Pugacheva, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Phone: 304-293-5295

Yon Rojanasakul, PhD

Position: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 304-293-1476

Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

Peter Stoilov, PhD

Position: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone: 304-293-6334

Scott A Weed, PhD

Positions: Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3016

Support Faculty

Faculty eligible for CCB dissertation committee member service (collaborative mentors). These have clear CCB affiliation (e.g., they serve on committees in CCB capacity, not as an outside member), they serve on committees and participate in teaching.

William P. Petros, PharmD

Positions: Gates Wigner Dean of the WVU School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean; Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-5212

Kathy Brundage, PhD

Positions: Director, WVU Flow Cytometry & Single Cell Core Facility, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-6273

Karen Martin, PhD

Positions: Service Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Core Director, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories; Director of Core Resources, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-293-6965

Sarah Knox, MS, PhD, FACE

Position: Professor Emerita, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Yong Qian, PhD

Positions: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
Phone: 304-285-6286