University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD (Co-Leader)
Email: okadah@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Immunological environment; immunological therapy; gene therapy; microRNAs View More

Ian Pollack, MD (Co-Leader)
Email: pollacki@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Pediatric neurosurgery; pediatric neuro-oncology; craniofacial surgery; congenital spinal abnormalities; brain tumor clinical trials
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Jan Drappatz, MD
Email: drappatzj@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Glioblastoma; early clinical drug development; CNS lymphoma; brain metastases
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Johnathan Engh, MD
Email: enghja@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
CNS tumors, cranial neuroanatomy, neurosurgical technology and innovation
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John Flickinger, MD
Email: jflickin@pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
CNS tumors; radiation response
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Joseph Glorioso, PhD
Email: glorioso@pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Using HSV vectors for studies of cellular gene functions and for analysis of embryonic stem cell differentiation
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Paola Grandi, PhD
Email: pag24@pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Gene therapy for brain tumors using HSV-based vectors; molecular targeting to tumor cells; molecular mechanisms of tumor cell migration; miRNAs in cancer progression
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Ronald Hamilton, MD
Email: hamiltonrl@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Molecular markers of prognosis in pediatric brain tumors, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Lewy body dementia, ALS, and Parkinson's disease
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Qiuhong He, PhD
Email: heq@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); breast cancer; tumor imaging

Regina Jakacki, MD
Email: Regina.Jakacki@chp.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Adolescent and young adult brain tumors; phase I clinical trials; palliative care
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Douglas Kondziolka, MD
Email: kondds@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Adult and pediatric brain tumors; Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery; neurotransplantation; acoustic neuromas; radiobiology; trigeminal neuralgia; vascular malformations
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Frank Lieberman, MD
Email: liebermanf@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Neuro-oncology; molecular genetics and molecular neuropathology in diagnosis, prognosis, and management of CNS neoplasms
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L. Dade Lunsford, MD, FACS
Email: lunsld@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Brain tumor management; Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery; trigeminal neuralgia; vascular malformations; sports medicine
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Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA
Email: niraax@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Radiosurgery for brain metastases; trigeminal neuralgia; arteriovenous malformation; meningioma; acoustic neuroma
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Douglas Potter, PhD
Email: potter@upci.pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Statistical methodology for design and analysis of preclinical studies and early phase clinical trials in cancer; development and use of novel exact and approximate permutation tests; analysis of small datasets
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Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN
Email: prs11@pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Behavioral and biological markers of distress in caregivers and patients with neurologic disorders
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Robert Sobol, PhD
Email: rws9@pitt.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
DNA repair; cancer pharmacology; drug discovery View More

Erik Wiener, PhD
Email: wienex@upmc.edu
Research Interests / Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); radiology
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