Investigators and Staff
SPORE Director
Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: egrimm@mdanderson.org
Co-Directors
Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jelee@mdanderson.org
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
Email: jgershen@mdanderson.org
Patrick Hwu, M.D.
Chair, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 430
Houston, TX 77030
Email: phwu@mdanderson.org
Projects
Project 1: Induction of an Antitumor Immune Response in Patients With Melanoma Using the Antimicrobial Peptide LL37
Co-Leaders
Richard Royal, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: RRoyal@mdanderson.org
Patrick Hwu, M.D.
Chair, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 430
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: phwu@mdanderson.org
Project 2: Effects of a Novel Phospho-STAT3 Inhibitor for Treatment of Stage IV Melanoma Patients, Including Those with CNS Metastasis
Co-Leaders
Amy Heimberger, M.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 442
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: aheimber@mdanderson.org
Waldemar Priebe, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 036
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: wpriebe@mdanderson.org
Project 3: Prognostic Significance and Targeting of an iNOS-Associated Human Melanoma Inflammatory Signature
Co-Leaders
Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: egrimm@mdanderson.org
Suhendan Ekmekcioglu, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: sekmekcioglu@mdanderson.org
Victor G. Prieto, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 085
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: vprieto@mdanderson.org
Kevin Kim, M.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 430
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: kkim@mdanderson.org
Project 4: Targeting Angiogenesis and the Tumor Microenvironment Utilizing siRNA Nanoliposomes as a New Modality for Treatment of Melanoma
Co-Leaders
Menashe Bar-Eli, Ph.D.
Department of Cancer Biology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 173
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: mbareli@mdanderson.org
Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D.
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 1950
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: glopez@mdanderson.org
Wen-Jen Hwu, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 430
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: wenjhwu@mdanderson.org
Chaan Ng, M.D.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 1473
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: cng@mdanderson.org
Project 5: Role of HLA Alleles and Cytokines in Melanoma Prognosis
Co-Leaders
Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jelee@mdanderson.org
Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Epidemiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 189
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: qwei@mdanderson.org
Chris Amos, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 0209
Houston, TX 77030
Email: camos@mdanderson.org
John D. Reveille, M.D.
UT Health Science Center
6431 Fannin – MSB5.262
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: John.D.Reveille@uth.tmc.edu
Cores
Administrative Core
Core Director
Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: egrimm@mdanderson.org
Co-Directors
Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jelee@mdanderson.org
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
Email: jgershen@mdanderson.org
Patrick Hwu, M.D.
Chair, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 430
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: phwu@mdanderson.org
Informatics, Tissue Resource, and Pathology Core
Co-Directors
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jgershen@mdanderson.org
Victor G. Prieto, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 085
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: vprieto@mdanderson.org
Michael Davies, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd - Unit 904
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: mdavies@mdanderson.org
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core
Director
Donald Berry, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 1411
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: dberry@mdanderson.org
Developmental Research Program
Director
Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: egrimm@mdanderson.org
Co-Director
Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jelee@mdanderson.org
Career Development Program
Director
Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 362
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: egrimm@mdanderson.org
Co-Director
Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D.
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. – Unit 444
Houston, TX 77030
E-mail: jelee@mdanderson.org