Current Faculty
Program Director
Michael D. Schaller, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Chairman, Biochemistry
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-9514
Executive Committee
Michael D. Schaller, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Chairman, Biochemistry
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-9514
Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Program 3: Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-3398
Karen Martin, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Non-Programmatically Aligned MBRCC Members, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Core Director, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories
- Phone
- 304-293-6965
Peter Stoilov, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-6334
Eric Tucker
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
- Associate Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-0590
Cerasela Zoica Dinu, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Program 5: Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer (Emerging), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Preceptors
John B. Barnett, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Chair/Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Program 5: Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer (Emerging), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-4029
John M Hollander, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Interim Vice-Chairperson, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
- Phone
- 304-293-3683
Werner Geldenhuys
West Virginia University
- Position
- Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Phone
- 304-581-1683
Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Asst. Vice President of Experimental Therapeutics West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Clinical Pharmacy
- Associate Director for Translational Research, WVU Cancer Institute Administration
- Prof., Benedum Fellow and Douglas Glover Endowed Chair Dept. of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Phone
- 304-293-0944
Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Director Gamma Knife, Neurosurgery
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-598-6127
F. Heath Damron, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor and Director of the Vaccine Development center WVU-Health Sciences Center, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Phone
- 304-581-1754
Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Program 3: Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-3398
Mariette Barbier, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Phone
- 304-293-3265
Jianhai Du, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-598-6903
Timothy Eubank
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Program 2: Breast Cancer, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-0525
Steven M. Frisch, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-2980
Brad Hillgartner, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-293-7751
Valery V. Khramtsov, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Program 2: Breast Cancer, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-4470
David Klinke, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-2111
Roberta Leonardi, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-293-7591
Ivan Martinez, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Program 5: Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer (Emerging), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-581-1934
Mark L. McLaughlin
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Program 3: Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-1450
Gordon P. Meares, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
- Phone
- 304-293-6260
Elena N. Pugacheva, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Program 2: Breast Cancer, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-5295
Vazhaikkurichi M. Rajendran, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-293-0510
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
- Professor, Ophthalmology
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-598-6925
Yon Rojanasakul, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Program 5: Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Lung Cancer (Emerging) - Leader, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-1476
David M Smith, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
- Program 3: Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-9521
Peter Stoilov, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Mentor, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-6334
Mark Tseytlin, PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-293-6425
Eric Tucker
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
- Associate Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-0590
Scott A Weed, PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Program 1: Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Director, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education
- Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-293-3016