CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Program
Program Mentors
- Constance Albarracin, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology
calbarra@mdanderson.org - Jim Allison, Ph.D.
Chair, Immunology
jallison@mdanderson.org - Michael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Leukemia
mandreef@mdanderson.org - Swathi Arur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
sarur@mdanderson.org - Jim Bankson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Imaging Physics-Research
jbankson@mdanderson.org - Michelle Barton, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor, Grad Sch Biomed Science
mbarton@mdanderson.org - Powell Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
phbrown@mdanderson.org - Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Res
jchandra@mdanderson.org - Junjie Chen, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Jchen8@mdanderson.org - Francois-Xavier Claret, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Systems Biology
fxclaret@mdanderson.org - Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pediatrics – Patient Care
lhncooper@mdanderson.org - Ron DePinho, M.D.
President, President’s Office
rdepinho@mdanderson.org - Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Genomic Medicine
gdraetta@mdanderson.org - Elsa Flores, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
elsaflores@mdanderson.org - Michael Galko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
mjgalko@mdanderson.org - Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D.
Chair Ad Interim & Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
vgandhi@mdanderson.org - Andrew Gladden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
agladden@mdanderson.org - Thomas Guerrero, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
tguerrero@mdanderson.org - Howard Gutstein, M.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med
hgutstein@mdanderson.org - John Hazle, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Imaging Physics
jhazle@mdanderson.org - Vicki Huff, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics
vhuff@mdanderson.org - Dennis Hughes, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics – Patient Care
Dphughes@mdanderson.org - Kelly Hunt, M.D.
Professor, Surgical Oncology
khunt@mdanderson.org - Ed Jackson, Ph.D.
Professor, Imaging Physics
ejackson@mdanderson.org - Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
kkeyomar@mdanderson.org
- Ralf Krahe, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics
rkrahe@mdanderson.org - Craig Logsdon, Ph.D.
Professor, Cancer Biology
clogsdon@mdanderson.org - Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor, Genetics
gglozano@mdanderson.org - Zhimin Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuro-Oncology-Research
zhiminlu@mdanderson.org - Li Ma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Lma4@mdanderson.org - David McConkey, Ph.D.
Professor, Urology-Research
dmcconke@mdanderson.org - Jeff Molldrem, M.D.
Professor, Stem Cell Transplantation
jmolldre@mdanderson.org - Jeff Myers, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
jmyers@mdanderson.org - Nick Navin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
nnavin@mdanderson.org - Rosa Nurieva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Immunology
rnurieva@mdanderson.org - Willem Overwijk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Melanoma Med Onc – Res
Overwijk@mdanderson.org - Jae-Il Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
jaeil@mdanderson.org - William Plunkett, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
uplunket@mdanderson.org - Jagannadha Sastry, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology
jsastry@mdanderson.org - Jill Schumacher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Genetics
jschumac@mdanderson.org - Anil Sood, M.D.
Professor, Gyn Onc & Reproductive Med
asood@mdanderson.org - R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Imaging Physics
jstafford@mdanderson.org - Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology
ssun@mdanderson.org - Kenneth Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dermatology
kytsai@mdanderson.org - Jessica Tyler, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
jtyler@mdanderson.org - Stephanie Watowich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Immunology
Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston
swatowic@mdanderson.org - M. James You, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Hematopathology Admin
mjamesyou@mdanderson.org - Tomasz Zal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Immunology
tzal@mdanderson.org
Questions?
- View our list of Frequently Asked Questions.
If you have additional questions or would like more information about the CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Program, please contact:
Shelly Smith
Program Manager, CPRIT Training Grant
Email: smsmith@mdanderson.org
Tel: 713-745-6131
Mailing Address
CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Program
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler, Unit 1436, FCT8.5064
Houston, TX 77030

