Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Medicine

Investigators in the Department of Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Medicine’s cancer biology research group use molecular, genetic, pharmacological and biomedical tools to elucidate the molecular mechanisms regulating carcinogenesis, tumor metastasis, anti-cancer drug resistance, and cancer metabolism. Our faculty are highly collaborative and share the goal of improving therapy outcomes and cancer maintenance through fundamental pre-clinical animal models, and translational research, including clinical trials run by the Massey Cancer Center.

Our primary areas of research include the following:

• Bioactive lipid mediators and their metabolic regulation in cancer
• Cancer metabolism
• Tumor suppressors and oncogenes
• Epigenetics and transcriptional regulation
• Signal transduction pathways
• Drug discovery and repurposing
• Structural biology and drug design

Faculty