Wicha Lab personnel

 

Principal Investigator

Dr Max Wicha

Max S. Wicha, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Distinguished Professor of Oncology. 

As founding director of the UM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Wicha is responsible for coordinating all cancer activities related to research and patient care.  Dr. Wicha is nationally known for his research in the field of breast oncology. His lab was part of the team that first discovered stem cells in breast cancer, the first described in any human solid tumor.  Since then, Dr. Wicha has become one of the leading experts on cancer stem cells. Dr. Wicha is also active as a clinician, specializing in the treatment of breast cancer patients. 


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Senior Research Supervisor

Shawn

Shawn G. Clouthier, M.S., Experimental Breast Cancer Senior Research Supervisor; Adminstrative Director, Cancer Stem Cell Program.

Dr. Clouthier has more than twelve years' experience conducting and facilitating Oncology research, and has published extensively in the fields of organic biogeochemistry, bioethics, bone marrow transplantation, immunology and breast cancer therapeutics. He works closely with the Business Development Office to prepare master research agreements and contracts with industry partners. In addition, Shawn serves as the Administrative Director of the Cancer Stem Cell Program at the North Campus Research Complex.

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Research Faculty

Monika
Sarah Conley
Khaled Hassan
Hasan Korkaya
Monika Burness
Sarah Conley
Khaled Hassan
Hasan Korkaya
Suling
Sean McDermott
Suling Liu
Sean McDermott

Post-doctoral and Medical Research Fellows

Bailey
Sada Ikeda
Bonnie
Maria Ouzonova
Kelly Bailey
Sadakatsu Ikeda
Yajing "Bonnie" Liu
Maria Ouzounova
Deol
Yadwinder Deol

Visiting Scholars

Azizi
Esen
Su Hong
Lin
Ebrahim Azizi
Elif Esen
Su Hong
James Lin
Fayaz Malik
Fayaz Malik

Not pictured: Herui Yao

Graduate Students

Justin
Evelyn
Dang Vu Phan
Justin Colacino
Evelyn Jiagge
Dang Vu Phan

 

Research Technicans

Trenton Baker
April Davis
Fouladdel
Rachel
Trenton Baker
April Davis
Shamileh Fouladdel
Rachel Martin-Trevino
Ali
Li Shang
Nader Tawakkol
Luo Wang
Ahmed "Ali" Quraishi
Li Shang
Nader Tawakkol
Luo Wang

 

Undergraduate Students and Volunteers: Alexa Ariazi, Eli Cahan, Amanda Cayo, Aron Corin, Sarah Dubaisi, Shamileh Fouladdel, Alexandra Fox, Noshin Hussein, Rayyan Kadi, Shalini Kota, Elizabeth Gheordunescu, Sumeyye Korkaya, Paige O'Dowd, Rawad Nasr, Yousuf Seyam, Becca Theisen, Kylie Vento, Emma Williams, Wael Yassine, Kevin Zhang, Hasan Zindah

Collaborators and foreign scholars

 

Administrative Support Staff:

Tahra Luther
Denise Poirier Leblanc
Tahra Luther
Assistant Lab Manager

Denise Poirier
Executive Assistant

Courtney LeBlanc
Research Assistant