Graduate Scholar Program Faculty Mentors
In The News: Dr. James P. Allison wins 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
Congratulations to Dr. James P. Allison, Chair and Professor of Immunology and CPRIT Research Training Program Faculty on winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His work on the biology of T cells and the invention of the immune checkpoint blockade to treat cancer has transformed cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Allison serves as a CPRIT Graduate Scholars Program Mentor for Ms. Alexandra Cogdill, Graduate Student in the Immunology and Genomic Medicine Departments at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Congratulations to Dr. Allison for this outstanding achievement!
The CPRIT Graduate Scholars Program is open to all MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School students who are post-candidacy and directly supervised by an MD Anderson Cancer Center appointed faculty mentor. If student is not directly supervised by a CPRIT Faculty Mentor (listed below), one may be recruited to serve on the student's supervisory committee.
CPRIT Graduate Scholar Faculty Mentors serve as direct supervisors or as co-mentors for CPRIT Graduate Scholars students. CPRIT Faculty Mentors participate in all aspects of the CPRIT Research Training Program, including formal instruction, supervision of Ph.D. dissertation research, and CPRIT journal clubs and conferences.
James Allison, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Immunology
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
James Bankson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Imaging Physics
Junjie Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Sharon Dent, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
Director, Science Park Research Division
Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Genomic Medicine
Sr. Vice President, Discovery and Platforms
Chief Academic Officer, ad interim
Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Genetics
Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S.
Professor, Pathology
Jeffrey N. Myers, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
David Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Cancer Systems Imaging
William Plunkett, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
Ellen Richie, Ph.D.
Professor, Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
Assistant Dean, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology
Richard Wood, Ph.D.
Professor, Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
Dihua Yu,
Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Swathi Arur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Research
Michael Curran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Immunology
Ronald DePinho, M.D.
Professor, Cancer Biology
Michael Galko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Genetics
John Hazle, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Imaging Physics
David Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis
Ralf Krahe, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics
Li Ma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Pierre McCrea, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics
Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology
Professor, Department of Stem Cell Tansplant and Cellular Therapy
Anil Sood, M.D.
Professor, Gynecological Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
Stephanie Watowich, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology
Cassian Yee,
M.D.
Professor, Melanoma Medical Oncology &
Immunology Departments
Director, Solid Tumor Cell
Therapy Department