Immunology Faculty & Staff
Primary Faculty
James P. Allison, Ph.D.
Regental Professor and Chair
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Olga Keith Wiess Distinguished University Chair for Cancer Research
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Executive Director, Immunotherapy Platform
Allison Lab website
Seon Hee Chang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Michael A. Curran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Curran Lab website
Matthew M. Gubin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Roza Nurieva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Nurieva Lab website
Kimberly Schluns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Schluns lab website
Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D.
Professor and Deputy Chair
Director, Center for Inflammation and Cancer
Moshe Talpaz Endowed Chair in Immunology
Sun Lab website
Stephanie S. Watowich, Ph.D.
Professor
Co-Director, Center for Inflammation and Cancer
Watowich Lab website
Joint Appointments
Laura Bover, Ph.D.
Professor
Genomic Medicine
Gregory Lizee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Melanoma Medical Oncology
Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Co-Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Scientific Director, Immunotherapy Platform
Cassian Yee, M.D.
Professor
Melanoma Medical Oncology
Research Faculty
Andrei Alekseev, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Young-Hee Lee, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Naveen Sharma, Ph.D.
Instructor
Jianhong Shi, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Yu Zheng, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Xiaofei Zhou, Ph.D.
Instructor
Staff
Misty Hajek
Research Department Administrator
Nivianne Montes
Administrative Director of Research Programs
Patti Wilson
Operations Manager
Paul Quizon
Sr. Financial Analyst
Edward Montes
Procurement Specialist
Lauren LeBlanc
Administrative Assistant
Shirley Lindsey
Administrative Coordinator
James Mancuso
Project Director
Jaimol Peedikayil
Laboratory Manager
Cindy Washer
Grant Program Manager
Latonia Lawrence
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Amberly Alexander
Sr. Secretary
Delora Kelley
Accountant II
Caryl Scott
Accountant II
Shelby Wynne
Procurement Technician
Amberly Alexander
Sr. Secretary