Cullen Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
CTaniguchi@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Hypoxia biology, Tumor Microenvironment, Pancreatic Cancer, Radioprotective Agents, Radiation Biology of SBRT
Clinical Interests: SBRT, Pancreatic Cancer, Anorectal Cancer, Hepatobiliary Cancer.
Twitter: @TaniguchiMD
Lab Members
Tara Fujimoto, B.S., RALAT
Research
Laboratory Coordinator
Radiation Oncology - Research
tnfujimoto@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Radiobiology
Personal Interests: Horse-back riding, recreational
sports, and reading
Alma Mater: Wright State
University
Twitter: @TNKFujimoto
Katarina Tomasic, B.S.
Assistant Research Coordinator
KCTomasic@mdanderson.org
Research interests: Microbiome, Metagenomics
Personal interests: Yoga, Cooking, Ballet, Nature, Music and Cat Enthusiast
Alma Mater: University of Houston
Abagail M Delahoussaye , B.S.
Research
Assistant II
Radiation Oncology - Research
AMDelahoussaye@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Mouse models in cancer
research, In-Vivo imaging, radiation therapy.
Personal
Interests: Weight lifting, mystery novels, and plant
shopping with my son.
Alma Mater: Texas
A&M University at Galveston
Twitter:
@AMDelahoussaye
Robert Fuentes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Radiation Oncology- Research
NRFuentes@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Hypoxia, Mitochondrial Dynamics, Membrane Signaling, Lipids, Super-resolution microscopy
Personal Interests: Country swing dancing, gaming
Alma Mater: Texas A&M University
Neeraj Kumari, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
NKumari1@mdanderson.org
Research Interest: Radiation Biology, Pancreatic Cancer
Alma Mater: Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, DRDO, INDIA
Twitter: @DrNeerajKumari
Carolina J. Garcia Garcia, B.S.
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate
Radiation Oncology - Research
CJGarcia1@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Hypoxia Signaling, Radiation Injury and Modifiers, Intestinal Homeostasis, Tumor Microenvironment
Personal Interests: Fishing, snorkeling, cooking, traveling, yoga
Alma Mater: University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez (B.S.), University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (M.D. in progress), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Ph.D. in Cancer Biology in progress)
Joseph Abi Jaoude, M.D.
Research Assistant II
Radiation Oncology - Research
jbabi@mdanderson.org
Research interests: Pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic radiotherapy, Pancreatic SBRT, Quality of Life, Trial design
Personal Interests: Music, movies, chess,
Alma Mater: The American University of Beirut Twitter: @JAbiJaoude
Emily Caggiano, B.S.
PhD Student
UT MDACC UTHealth GSBS
egcaggiano@mdanderson.org
Research interests: Cancer, drug development, metastasis, metabolism
Personal interests: Food, horse racing, reading, and volunteering at the Houston SPCA
Alma Mater: Ohio University Honors Tutorial College
Twitter: @ecagg15
Nefetiti Mims, B.A.
Research Assistant I
NPMims@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Cell culture, subcloning, DNA plasmid extraction
Personal Interests: Enjoys playing the piano, bodybuilding, astronomy, and watching horror/thriller movies
Alma Mater: University of Texas - Austin
Matthew Cribb, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral
Fellow
MTCribb@mdanderson.org
Research Interest: Hypoxia, Lymphatic Vasculature,
Tumor Microenvironment, In Vivo Imaging
Personal
interests: Guitar, piano, golfing, running, and
hiking
Alma Mater: Georgia Institute of
Technology
Twitter: @MatthewCribbPhd
Taniguchi Lab Alumni
Jae Phan, B.A.
Research Interests: Pancreatic
Cancer, Liquid Biopsies, Microbiome, PRO
Personal
Interests: Jiu-jitsu practitioner, YouTuber, musician
Alma Mater: Rice University
Ramez Kouzy, M.D.
Research Interests: Translational Research, Clinical Trials, Microbiome, Patient Reported Outcomes, Evidence Based Medicine
Personal Interests: Coffee, books, and tech enthusiast
Alma Mater: American University of Beirut
Twitter: @RKouzy
Nicholas Nguyen, B.A.
Research Interests: Mitochondrial dynamics in translational medicine, pancreatic cancer, MRI, and cell culture.
Personal Interests: Aspiring hip hop dancer, interested in entrepreneurship, education, and health policy.
Alma Mater: Univeristy of California, Berkeley (triple major)
Twitter: @nicdknguyen
Lauren Colbert, M.D. , MSCR
Research Interests: Biomarkers, Microbiome, HPV-related cancers
Personal Interests: 3 wild daughters, horse-back riding, climbing, hiking, and camping
Alma Mater: Emory University, Hope College
Twitter: @ColbertLe
Amelie Albrecht, B.S.
Research Interests: Nuclear actin, chromatin remodeling
Amit Deorukhkar, Ph.D.
Former Lab Manager
Suman Govindaraju, Ph.D.