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RNA Center Members

  • Kenneth Aldape, M.D.
    Professor, Pathology
    MD Anderson
  • Jonas Silva Almeida, Ph.D.
    Professor, Bioinformatics & Comp Biology
    MD Anderson
  • E. Neely Atkinson, Ph.D.
    Professor, Biostatistics
    MD Anderson
  • Keith Baggerly, Ph.D.
    Professor, Biostatistics
    MD Anderson
  • Menashe Bar-Eli, Ph.D.
    Professor, Cancer Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Geoffrey Bartholomeusz, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • William Bornmann, Ph.D.
    Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • George A. Calin, M.D., Ph.D.*
    Associate Professor and Co-Director, RNA Center
    Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • Chun-Ju Chang, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular & Cellular Oncology
    MD Anderson
  • Robert Coleman, M.D.
    Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Pedi-Patient Care
    MD Anderson
  • Jean-Bernard Durand, M.D.
    Associate Professor, Cardiology
    MD Anderson
  • Lee Ellis, M.D.
    Professor, Surgical Oncology
    MD Anderson
  • Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.
    President & CEO
    The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
  • Yuriy Fofanov, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Ctr of Biomedical & Environmental Genomics
    University of Houston
  • Xiaolian Gao, Ph.D.
    Professor, Biology and Biochemistry
    University of Houston
  • Don Lynn Gibbons, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Thoracic/Head & Neck Med Onc
    MD Anderson
  • David Gorenstein, Ph.D.
    Professor & Deputy Director
    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Neurosciences & Cell Biology
    UT Health Science Center-Houston
  • Sushovan Guha, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepat & Nutr
    MD Anderson
  • Ming Guo, M.D.
    Assistant Professor, Pathology
    MD Anderson
  • Howard Gutstein, M.D.
    Professor, Anesthesiology & Peri Oper Med
    MD Anderson
  • John Hagan, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
    UT Health Science Center-Houston
  • Stanley Hamilton, M.D.
    Professor & Chair
    Division of Pathology
    MD Anderson
  • Wei Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine-Research
    MD Anderson
  • Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D.
    Professor & Chair, Molecular & Cellular Oncology
    MD Anderson
  • Cristina Ivan, Ph.D.*
    Sr. Data Analyst, RNA Center
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Abhinav K. Jain, Ph.D.
    Instructor
    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Dahai Jiang, Ph.D.*
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Scott Kopetz, M.D., Ph.D.,
    Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
    MD Anderson
  • Vikas Kundra, M.D., Ph.D.,
    Associate Professor, Diagnostic Radiology
    MD Anderson
  • Jonathan Kurie, M.D.
    Professor, Thoracic/Head & Neck Med Onc
    MD Anderson
  • Stephen Y. Lai, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
    MD Anderson
  • Ju-Seog Lee, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Systems Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Monika J. Leja, M.D.
    Assistant Professor, Cardiology
    MD Anderson
  • Chun Li, Ph.D.
    Professor, Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
    MD Anderson
  • June Li, Ph.D.
    Instructor, Genetics
    MD Anderson
  • Craig D. Logsdon, Ph.D.
    Professor, Cancer Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D.*
    Professor and Associate Director, RNA Center
    Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • Li Ma, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    MD Anderson
  • Sourindra Maiti, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist, Pedi-Patient Care
    MD Anderson
  • Lingegowda S. Mangala, Ph.D.*
    Instructor, RNA Center
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Rahul Mitra, Ph.D.*
    Program Director, RNA Center
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Khalid Mohamedali, Ph.D.
    Instructor, Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • Marek Napierala, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Bulent Ozpolat, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Anesthesiology & Peri Op Med-Res
    MD Anderson
  • Prahlad Ram, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Systems Biology
    MD Anderson
  • Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.
    Professor & Chair, Bioengineering
    Rice University
  • Jeffrey Rosen, Ph.D.
    Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology & Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine
  • Deepa Sampath, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
    MD Anderson
  • Imad Shureiqi, M.D., M.S.
    Associate Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
    MD Anderson
  • Anil K. Sood, M.D.*
    Professor and Co-Director, RNA Center
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson
  • Dean G. Tang, Ph.D.
    Professor, Carcinogenesis
    MD Anderson-Science Park
  • Musaffe Tuna, Ph.D.
    Instructor, Epidemiology
    MD Anderson
  • Eric Wagner, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    UT Health Science Center-Houston
  • Brian Walton, M.D.
    Director, Cardiovascular Experimental Imaging and Therapeutics
    Tx Heart Institute & St. Luke's Hospital
  • Richard Willson, Ph.D.
    Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    University of Houston
  • Ignacio Wistuba, M.D.
    Professor, Pathology-Research
    MD Anderson
  • Kwong K. Wong, Ph.D.
    Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine-Research
    MD Anderson    
  • Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
    Professor, Pathology-Research
    MD Anderson
  • Xinna Zhang, Ph.D.*
    Assistant Professor, RNA Center
    Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
    MD Anderson




*RNA Center personnel


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