Investigators
Projects
Project 1: Capitalizing on PARPness in Ovarian Carcinoma
Co-Project Leader
Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Precision Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute
Director, SMMART Trials, Knight Cancer Institute
Wayne and Julie Drinkward Endowed Chair, Precision Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute
Interim Associate Director for Clinical Research, Knight Cancer Institute
Professor, Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: 971-404-8622
Email: millsg@ohsu.edu
Co-Project Leader
Shannon N. Westin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-794-4314
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: swestin@mdanderson.org
Project 2: Role of Macrophages in Resistance to Anti-VEGF Drugs in Ovarian Cancer
Co-Project Leader
Anil K. Sood, M.D.
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-5266
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: asood@mdanderson.org
Co-Project Leader
Shannon N. Westin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-794-4314
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: swestin@mdanderson.org
Project 3: SIK2 Provides a Novel Target for Ovarian Cancer Therapy in Combination with Paclitaxel and Inhibitors of PARP
Co-Project Leader
Robert C. Bast, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Vice President of Translational Research
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler St., Unit 1439
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-792-7743
Fax: 713-792-7864
Email: rbast@mdanderson.org
Co-Project Leader
Amir Jazaeri, M.D.
Professor of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-1613
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: aajazaeri@mdanderson.org
Cores
Administrative Core
Co-Director
Robert C. Bast, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Vice President of Translational Research
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler St., Unit 1439
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-792-7743
Fax: 713-792-7864
Email: rbast@mdanderson.org
Co-Director
Anil K. Sood, M.D.
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-5266
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: asood@mdanderson.org
Co-Director
Karen Lu, M.D.
Professor and Chair of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1155 Pressler St., Unit 1362
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-8902
Fax: 713-792-7586
Email: khlu@mdanderson.org
Pathology Core
Director
Jinsong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology, Anatomical
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 85
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-1102
Fax: 713-563-1848
Email: jliu@mdanderson.org
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core
Co-Director
Ying Yuan, Ph.D.
Professor, Biostatistics
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler St., Unit 1411
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-563-4271
Fax: 713-563-4243
Email: yyuan@mdanderson.org
Co-Director
Jing Ning, Ph.D.
Professor, Biostatistics
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler St., Unit 1411
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-792-5310
Fax: 713-563-4243
Email: jning@mdanderson.org