Lab Members
George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
GTEisenhoffer@MDAnderson.org
Research Staff
Philip Kahan
Research Investigator
PHKahan@MDAnderson.org
Lucas Rodriggs, B.S.
Research Assistant I
LLRodriggs@MDAnderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Marina Saito, Ph.D.
MSaito1@MDAnderson.org
Graduate Students
Llaran Turner, B.S.
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Genetics and Epigenetics Program
LTurner1@MDAnderson.org
College Students
Faustina Ironkwe
FIronkwe@MDAnderson.org
Alumni
Laura Kearns, B.S.
Research Assistant I
New Position: Instructor of Anatomy, The Woodlands Christian Academy
Safia Essien, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
New Position: Administrative Postdoc Fellow, Research Education & Training, MD Anderson
Isla Mata
Research Assistant I
New Position: Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Medical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Houston Campus
Oscar Ruiz, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
New Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Houston Baptist University
Maria Dali Balta
Research Scientist I
New Position: Research Scientist I, Genetic Design and Engineering Center, Rice University
Youmna Atieh, Ph.D.
Odyssey Postdoctoral Fellow
New Position: Researcher, Turing Center for Living Systems (CenTuri), Marseille, France
Krystin Samms
Research Assistant I
New Position: Research Associate, Adaptive Biotechnologies
Shuo-Ting Yen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
New Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
Jovany J. Franco
Research Assistant I
New Position: M.D. Program, Harvard Medical School
Courtney K. Brock
Research Assistant II
New Position: M.D./Ph.D. Program, Tulane University
Stephen T. Wallin
Research Assistant II
New Position: D.D.S. Program, University of Utah
James Chen
Undergraduate Researcher, Rice University
New Position: M.D. Program at UT Medical Branch at Galveston
Elizabeth Sumner, M.S.
Graduate student
New Position: Coordinator, Clinical Studies, Investigative Cancer Therapeutics
Summer Students
2021 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Kristy Hernandez, Houston Baptist University
2018 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Nathan Carroll, Carleton College
New Position: Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
2017 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Alexandra Brown, Mississippi State University, Graduated 2018
New Position: Ph.D. Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine
2016 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Kristen Ott, Houston Baptist University
New Position: M.D. Program, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio
2015 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Sarah Cunningham, University of Georgia, Graduated 2016
New Position: Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program, Duke University
2015 MD Anderson Summer Experience Program
Mohammad Hamideh, University of Houston