Members

Colin Shane Nelson

PhD candidate

Rafael Sainz, MS

PhD student

Ishnoor Kaur Sandhu

Undergraduate Honors Student, Majors: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Physiology

John Ryniawec, PhD

Post-doc

Alexis M. Smith
PhD student

Saptarshi Mallick
BS with Honors in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science, BS in Computer Science, BSHS in Physiology & Medical Sciences

Lipsa Das, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Pathology, UA College of Medicine

Lori Hazlehurst, PhD
Professor, School of Pharmacy, Associate Center Director, Basic Science, WVU Cancer Institute

James P. Hinton, PhD
Research and Development Laboratory Manager, CND Life Sciences, Scottsdale, AZ

Elijah J. Keeswood, BS
Biomedical Technician, Banner Health, Tucson, AZ

Nadia Manzi (Ingabire), PhD
2024 PhD at the University of Texas

Kendra D. Marr, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine Resident, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Julie McGrath, PhD
Scientific Review Committee Member, Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Allan Paxson, BS
University of Arizona, Health Sciences – BSHS, Physiology and Medical Sciences (2024); Pursuing an MD/PhD at Oregon Health Sciences University

Stella Salmon, BA, BS
University of Arizona – Ecology and evolutionary biology, Arabic language, and Judaic studies (2026). Pursuing a master’s degree in global health leadership from the University of Haifa in Israel in preparation for a career in medicine. Named a 2026 Fulbright Scholar

Cynthia Sandoval, PhD
Senior Director, Clinical Biomarker Development at Loxo Oncology at Lilly

Skyler J Simpson, MD
Cytopathology; Board Certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology; Incyte Diagnostics

Mengdie Wang, PhD
Co-Founder/CEO, RedPoint Oncology, Inc; Mercurio Lab, UMass Chan Medical School

Hina Arif-Tiwari, MD, Professor
Medical Imaging, Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery; Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Chief, Abdominal Radiology; Assistant Dean, Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Program, College of Medicine-Tucson

Forrest Baker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health; University of South Carolina

William Dalton, PhD, MD
Malignant Hematology, Molecular Medicine Program, Moffitt Cancer Center

Tracey Davis, MD, PhD
Roche, Global Medical Affairs Lead Pathology – Personalized Healthcare Solutions, Oro Valley, Arizona, United States

Joe (Skip) Garcia, MD
Associate Vice President for Research, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, University of Florida

Edward P Gelmann, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UA College of Medicine; John Norton Endowed Chair for Prostate Cancer Research, UACC

Lori A. Hazlehurst, PhD
Professor, School of Pharmacy, Associate Center Director, Basic Science, WVU Cancer Institute

Mark Henderson, PhD (NCATS)
Biology Group Leader, Early Translation Branch, Division of Preclinical Innovation, NIH

Jeffrey R Jacobson, MD
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Emmanuel Katsanis, MD
Professor, Pediatrics; Professor, Pathology; Professor, Immunobiology; Professor, Medicine; Professor, BIO5 Institute
Program Director, Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant, UA College of Medicine

Beatrice S. Knudsen, MD/PhD
Medical Director of Computational Pathology, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Center

Bonnie LaFleur, PhD
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Director, Cancer Center
Director of Health Outcomes & PharmacoEconomic Research (HOPE) Center
Research Professor, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

Terry H Landowski, PhD
Staff Scientist, Ventana Medical Systems

Cindy Miranti, PhD, Professor
Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Chair, Cancer Biology GIDP; Co-Program Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program; Professor, BIO5 Institute, UACC

Ghassan Mouneimne, PhD
Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine; Shared Resource Director, Microscopy, UACC

Raymond B Nagle, MD, PhD
Pathology, UACC, Emeritus

Megha Padi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine; UACC

Ritu Pandey, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine – (Research Series Track); Associate Director, Translational Clinical Bioinformatics; Coordinator, Biomedical Informatics; UA College of Medicine

Kelvin W. Pond, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UACC

Frank Porreca, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology; Associate Department Head, Pharmacology, UACC

Gregory C. Rogers, PhD
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UACC
Associate Head, Faculty Development, Dept. of CMM
Professor, BIO5 Institute; Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP; Professor, Genetics GIDP

Rashid Sayyid, MD, Assistant Professor
Urology, Surgical Oncology, Urologic Oncology, Minimally Invasive Urology, College of Medicine-Tucson

Baldassarre Stea, MD, PhD
Clinical Medical Director, Radiation Oncology; Department Head, Radiation Oncology; Member of the Graduate Faculty; Professor, Neurosurgery; Professor, Radiation Oncology, UA College of Medicine

Belinda Sun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology; Chief, GI/Liver Pathology Service; Program Director of the GI Fellowship, UA College of Medicine

Charles Wolgemuth, PhD
Professor of Physics, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Arizona