Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Office of Research and Graduate Education

Current Faculty

Program Director

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Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Chairman, Biochemistry; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

Executive Committee

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Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Chairman, Biochemistry; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

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Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD

Positions: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Co-Leader Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3398

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Karen Martin, PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Core Director, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories
Phone: 304-293-6965

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Peter Stoilov, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-6334

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Eric Tucker

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-293-0590

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Cerasela Zoica Dinu, PhD

Position: Program 5: Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer (Emerging), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

Preceptors

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John B. Barnett, PhD

Positions: Chair/Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-4029

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John M Hollander, PhD

Position: Professor, Interim Vice-Chairperson, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
Phone: 304-293-3683

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Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS

Positions: Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-581-1683

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Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS, BC

Positions: Director Gamma Knife, Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-598-6127

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F. Heath Damron, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor and Director of the Vaccine Development center WVU-Health Sciences Center, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Phone: 304-581-1754

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Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD

Positions: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Co-Leader Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3398

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Mariette Barbier, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Phone: 304-293-3265

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Jianhai Du, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology; Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-598-6903

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Timothy Eubank

Positions: Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0525

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Steven M. Frisch, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-2980

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Brad Hillgartner, PhD

Position: Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-293-7751

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Valery V. Khramtsov, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-4470

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David Klinke, PhD

Positions: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-2111

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Roberta Leonardi, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-293-7591

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Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

Positions: Associate Director for Translational Research, WVU Cancer Institute Administration; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Prof., Benedum Fellow and Douglas Glover Endowed Chair Dept. of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0944

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Ivan Martinez, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories; Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-581-1934

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Mark L. McLaughlin

Positions: Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1450

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Gordon P. Meares, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-293-6260

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Elena N. Pugacheva, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-5295

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Vazhaikkurichi M. Rajendran, PhD

Position: Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-293-0510

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Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology; Professor, Biochemistry; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-598-6925

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Yon Rojanasakul, PhD

Positions: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Co-Leader Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1476

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David M Smith, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
Phone: 304-293-9521

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Peter Stoilov, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-6334

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Mark Tseytlin, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-293-6425

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Eric Tucker

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Phone: 304-293-0590

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Scott A Weed, PhD

Positions: Biochemistry; Director, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3016