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
Michael A. Curran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Curran Lab website
Mauro Di Pilato, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Di Pilato Lab website
Matthew M. Gubin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Gubin Lab Website
Roza Nurieva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Nurieva 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
Physician Scientists
Sangeeta Goswami, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Tang Fellow in Cancer Immunotherapy
Joint Appointments
Laura Bover, Ph.D.
Professor
Genomic Medicine
Gregory Lizee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Melanoma Medical Oncology
Florencia McAllister, M.D.
Associate Professor
Clinical Cancer Prevention
McAllister Lab website
Nils-Petter Rudqvist, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Thoracic/Head & Neck 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
Zuliang Jie, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Young-Hee Lee, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
Naveen Sharma, Ph.D.
Instructor
Alexander Shavkunov, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Xiaoping Xie, Ph.D.
Instructor
Xiaofei Zhou, Ph.D.
Instructor
Le-Le Zhu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Staff
Misty Hajek
Research Department Administrator
Nivianne Montes
Administrative Director of Research Programs
Edward Montes
Office Manager
Lauren LeBlanc
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Jaimol Peedikayil
Laboratory Manager
Cindy Washer
Grant Program Manager
LaTonia Lawrence
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Amberly Alexander
Sr. Secretary
Delora Kelley
Accountant II
Maria Del Rocio Moguel
Associate Database Administrator
Caryl Scott
Accountant II
Shelby Wynne
Procurement Technician
Shirley Lindsey
Program Manager
James Mancuso
Project Director