Research Labs

Physician-scientist Prasad S. Adusumilli studies tumor immunology and the development of T-cell‒mediated immunotherapy for thoracic malignancies and pleural-based diseases.

The Akhmanova laboratory studies cell invasion and migration through tissues, and how it is controlled by surrounding tissue cells.

Surgeon scientist Vinod Balachandran develops novel immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer.

Cancer biologist Robert Benezra studies the molecular mechanisms of tumor growth and metastatic progression using mouse models. In addition, he studies the spindle assembly checkpoint which ensures proper chromosome segregation and is often deregulated in cancer.

Physician-scientist Adrienne Boire studies metastasis to the central nervous system.

The Brown Lab studies how the tissue environment shapes immune cell fate and function during early life immune development, inflammation, and cancer.

Our team is focused on developing novel tools and approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer using genomics as a guide.

Physician-scientist Karuna Ganesh studies stem cell plasticity in metastasis, therapy resistance and tissue regeneration.

Optimizing the use of Single high Dose Radiation Therapy (SDRT) in pre-clinical studies to activate innate immune signaling pathways, potentially leading to adaptive immune responses within the local tumors and in distant ones, i.e eliciting Adscopal and/or Abscopal effects.