Wicha Lab personnel
Principal Investigator
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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. |
Senior Research Supervisor
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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. |
Research Faculty
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Post-doctoral and Medical Research Fellows
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Visiting Scholars
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Not pictured: Herui Yao
Graduate Students
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Research Technicans
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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:
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Assistant Lab Manager |
Denise Poirier |
Courtney LeBlanc |


