Research Team
Leadership
Stephen Freedland, MD
Warschaw Robertson Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer Director, Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle, Co-Director, Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program, Associate Director, Faculty Development Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Professor, Surgery
Arash Asher, MD
Interim Associate Director, Clinical Trials
Jane Figueiredo, PhD
Associate Director, Epidemiology
Michael Freeman, PhD
Interim Associate Director, Translational Science
Staff
Yunhee Choi-Kuaea, MSW
Clinical Research Specialist
Cecilia Galván, PhD
Postdoctoral Scientist
Aubrey Jarman, RD
Registered Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist
Alexandra Mack, MPH, MPL
Program Administrator
CIRCL Members
- L.J. Amaral, MS, RD, CSO
Clinical Research Dietitian, Supportive Care Services - Farin Amersi, MD
Director, Surgical Residency Program
Co-Director, Surgical Fellowship Program - Arash Asher, MD
Director, Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship - Reva Basho, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Philip Chang, DO
Physiatrist, Cancer Patient and Family Support Program - Eric Chung, MD
Resident, Radiation Oncology - Odelia B. Cooper, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine - Timothy J. Daskivich MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery - Dolores Di Vizio, MD, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Surgery - Joel Epstein, DMD
Medical Director, Cancer Dentistry Program - Andrew E. Hendifar, MD
Medical Director, Pancreatic Cancer
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Jethro L. Hu, MD
Staff Physician, Division of Neurosurgery - Scott Irwin, MD, PHD
Director, Supportive Care Services - Hyung Kim, MD
Homer and Gloria Harvey Family Chair in Urologic Oncology in honor of Stuart Friedman, MD
Director, Academic Urology Program
Co-Medical Director, Urologic Oncology Center
Associate Director, Surgical Research
Associate Director, Urology Residency Training Program
Professor, Surgery - Shelly Lu, MD
Director, Division of Gastroenterology - Monica M. Mita, MD
Co-Director, Experimental Therapeutics
Associate Professor of Medicine - Stephen J. Pandol, MD
Director, Basic and Translational Pancreas Research - Edwin Posadas, MD
Medical Director, Urologic Oncology Program
Co-Director, Translational Oncology Program
Associate Professor, Medicine - Bobbie J. Rimel, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Trials for Gynecologic Oncology
Associate Residency Program Director OB/GYN
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology - Alix Sleight, PhD, OTD, MPH, OTR/L
Clinical Scientist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS
Professor, Medicine and Public Health
Director, Health Services Research
Director, Master’s Degree Program in Health Delivery Science
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Marilyn Ader, PhD
Associate Director, Sports Spectacular Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences - Richard Bergman, PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research
Assistant Clinical Professor, Artheriosclerosis Research Center
Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
- Neil Bhowmick, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program
Professor, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - Xiaojiang Cui, PhD
Associate Professor, Surgery
Research Scientist, Women’s Cancer Program - Jane Figueiredo, PhD
Director, Community and Population Health Research
Associate Director, CIRCL - Michael Freeman, PhD
Vice Chair, Research Department of Surgery
Director, Division of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Research in the Department of Biomedical Sciences
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program
Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery - Marc Goodman, PhD
Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
Director, Community and Population Health Research Center in the Department of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Medicine - Roberta Gottlieb, MD
Director, Molecular Cardiobiology
Professor, Medicine
Dorothy and E. Phillip Lyon Chair in Molecular Cardiology in honor of Clarence M. Agress, MD - Gillian Gresham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Sergei Grivennikov, PhD
Research Scientist II - Robert Haile, PhD
Associate Director, Population Sciences
Director, Research Center for Health Equity
Endowed Chair in Population Health Sciences
Acting Professor, Medicine - Shehnaz Hussain, PhD, ScM
Associate Professor of Medicine - Christie Jeon, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Jayoung Kim, PhD
Associate Professor, Surgery and Biomedical Sciences - Simon Knott, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences - V. Krishnan Ramanujan, PhD
Director, Two-Photon Imaging Core Facility
Associate Professor of Surgery - Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, PhD
Acting Associate Professor, Medicine - Ekihiro Seki, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine - Celina Shirazipour, PhD
Research Scientist, Research Center for Health Equity - Hisashi Tanaka, MD, PhD
Research Scientist, Department of Surgery - Richard Waldron, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN
Associate Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chief of Psychology and Neuropsychology Services
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