CASE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
The Case CCC is organized into 9 interdisciplinary scientific programs plus one
program initiative that together include over 300 members across its affiliated
institutions. Program members work collaboratively within and across programs
on a broad range of cancer related topics.
Our Basic Science Programs have been reorganized into several focus groups. Please
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Cancer Genetics
Sanford D. Markowitz, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Robert C. Elston, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Cell Proliferation and Cell Death
Clark W. Distelhorst, MD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) and Pharmacology
Basic Science of Cancer Focus Groups
Radiation and Cellular Stress Response
Nancy L. Oleinick, PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Alexandru Almasan, PhD
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, Radiation Oncology
Timothy J. Kinsella, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Molecular Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
George R. Stark, PhD
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Basic Science of Cancer Focus Groups
GU Malignancies
Eric A. Klein, MD
Professor of Urology
Warren D.W. Heston, PhD
Professor of Cancer Biology, Urology
Stem Cells and Hematologic Malignancies
Kevin D. Bunting, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Hillard M. Lazarus, MD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Developmental Therapeutics
Afshin Dowlati, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering
Cancer Prevention, Control and Population Research
Gregory S. Cooper, MD
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Susan A. Flocke, PhD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Aging-Cancer Research
Nathan A. Berger, MD
Director, Center for Science, Health and Society
Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine
Julia Hannum Rose, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)