Principal Investigator
Professor of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology
Scientific Director, Sheikh Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Co-Leader, MD Anderson Pancreatic Cancer Moon Shot®
Email: AMaitra@mdanderson.org
Lab Members
Faculty
Sonja M Woermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology
Graduate Students
MennatAllah Shaheen
Graduate Research Assistant-GSBS,
Translational Molecular Pathology
Vahid Bahrambeigi
Graduate Research Assistant-GSBS, Translational Molecular Pathology
Postdoctoral Fellows
Fredrik I Thege, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational
Molecular Pathology
Julie K Bray, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
Akiko Sagara, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
Francesca Paradiso, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational
Molecular Pathology
Jimin Min, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Molecular Pathology
Scientists
Paola A Guerrero, Ph.D.
Research Group Leader, Translational Molecular Pathology
Bidyut Ghosh, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Translational Molecular Pathology
Kimal I Rajapakshe, Ph.D.
Computational Scientist, Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Benson Chellakkan Selvanesan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Translational Molecular Pathology
Research Staff
Sarah Dhebat
Senior Research Assistant, Translational Molecular Pathology
Sandria Dixon
Research Data Coordinator, Translational Molecular Pathology
Megan J Siemann
Research Data Coordinator, Translational Molecular Pathology
Shui Ping So
Senior Research Assistant, Translational Molecular Pathology
Former Trainees
Vittorio Branchi, MD
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Alexander Semaan, MD
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Changsoo_Kwak, Ph.D.
Lonza Biotechnology
Jaewon Lee, MD
Surgery Resident
Cedars Sanai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Vincent Bernard Pagan, MD, Ph.D.
Resident, Radiation Oncology Department
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Jun Zhao, Ph.D.
UCLA Health, School of Cytology
Rebecca Marcus, MD
Saint John’s Cancer Institute
Santa Monica, California
F. Anthony San Lucas, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Bioinformatics,
Molecular Diagnostic
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Hector Alvarez, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Marta Sans Escofet, Ph.D.
Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA
Maria E. Monberg, Ph.D.
Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA
Noboru Ideno, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Dong Uk Kim, MD
Pusan National University Hospital
South Korea
Takashi Okumura, MD, Ph.D.
Kyushu University, Department of
Surgery and Oncology
Fukuoka, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Gita Dangol
Senior Coordinator, Clinical Studies
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Bret Stevens
Jazmyne Mills