Cancer Research Faculty
Felix Aikhionbare, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Differences between human ovarian and colorectal cancer in normal
and cancerous tissue.
Email: faikhionbare@msm.edu
Ruben Rene Gonzalez-Perez, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Signal transduction; Cytokines and leptin signaling in cancer and
reproductive biology.
Email: rgonzalez@msm.edu
James Lillard, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Role of chemokines in modulating mucosal immunity, inflammation,
and cancer cell metastasis.
Email: jlillard@msm.edu
Veena N. Rao, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Molecular and functional dissection of ELK-1 and BRCA-1 tumor suppressor
genes: Role in cell growth, differentiation, signal transduction and apoptosis in
breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.
Email: vrao@msm.edu
E. Shyam P. Reddy, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Functional role of ets, fusion oncoproteins and tumor suppressors
in leukemias, lymphomas and sarcomas. Function-based therapeutic approaches t human
cancer.
Email: ereddy@msm.edu
Rajesh Singh, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Chemoprotective strategies for cancer using targeted delivery of
natural and synthetic agents.
Email: rsingh@msm.edu
Shailesh Singh, Ph.D.
Research Interest: The role of chemokines in cancer metastasis.
Email: shsingh@msm.edu
Winston Thompson, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Cell and reproductive biology, molecular mechanisms of ovarian
follicular development and cyst formation, cell and animal models.
Email: wthompson@msm.edu
Xuebiao Yao, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome segregation. Establishemnt and
maintenance of cell polarity.
Email: xyao@msm.edu