Oncology
Meet the Team

Meet the Oncology Team

Director

Research Interests
Molecular etiology and pharmacogenetics of pediatric cancers; Down syndrome-associated leukemia; new anticancer drug development

Faculty

Erin H. Breese, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular pathogenesis of leukemia; novel therapeutics for childhood leukemia, especially for infants with MLL-rearranged leukemia

Karen C. Burns, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Ellen K. Chang, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
AYA oncology; cancer survivorship; cardio-oncology

Peter de Blank, MD, MSCE

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cancer imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; MR relaxometry; magnetic resonance fingerprinting; developmental therapeutics

Michael D. Deel, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Investigating new therapeutic approaches for difficult to treat sarcomas and other solid tumors

Thomas J. Galletta, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cellular and immune therapies for the treatment of relapsed/refractory acute leukemias and viral infections; mechanisms of cancer predisposition and...

James I. Geller, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Liver tumors; kidney tumors; retinoblastoma; new drug development; novel interventional therapeutics: intra-arterial chemotherapy, intra-arterial...

Richard Graham, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Trent R. Hummel, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

LaQuita Jones, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Targeted therapeutics for FLT3 mutant AML and resistance patterns in AML

Lynn H. Lee, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Biology of acute myeloid leukemia & infant leukemia; alternative splicing and RNA processing; MAP kinase signaling; cancer genomics; disease...

Benjamin E. Mizukawa, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Aaron Y. Mochizuki, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Data science; tumor microenvironment

Robin Norris, MD, MS, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Christine L. Phillips, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Joseph G. Pressey, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
The development of novel therapies for pediatric sarcomas and rare tumors.

Lisa M. Privette Vinnedge, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Breast cancer; gene expression; metastasis; cell cycle; DEK; oncogenes and tumor suppressors

Scott I. Raskin, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immunotherapy; developmental therapeutics; clinical trials

Jeremy Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Viral infections are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplant and antiviral...

Mayur Sarangdhar, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Systems pharmacology; developmental pharmacology; cardio-oncology; drug-induced toxicities; drug repositioning

William L. Seibel, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Brian K. Turpin, DO

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Susanne Wells, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cancer susceptibility; development and progression; squamous cell carcinoma; proton therapy; pluripotent stem cells and organ regeneration

Peng V. Wu, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric liver tumors; developmental biology; cancer genetics and genomics