Washington University Faculty
Matt Christopher, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Research Mentor: Timothy Ley, MD
Research Interests: Improve outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematopoietic malignancies utilizing genomic and molecular biology techniques
Ryan Day, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Mentor: Timothy Ley, MD
Research Interests: Hematologic malignancies and Mechanisms of leukemogenesis
Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD
Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Ohio State University
Research Mentor:
Research Interests: Cancer, cytokine, immunology, innate immunity, NK cells, small noncoding RNAs, immunotherapy, lymphoma, genomics
Patrick Grierson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Ohio State
Mentor: Kian Lim, MD, PhD
Research Interests: identify novel molecular targets, either tumor cell intrinsic or extrinsic, to improve survival in this disease with limited therapeutic options
Brett Herzog, MD, PhD
- Email: bherzog@wustl.edu
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: University of Oklahoma
Mentor: David DeNardo, PhD
Research Interests: how the tumor microenvironment (TME) impacts the progression and response to therapy in lung cancer
Angela Hirbe, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Research Mentor: David Gutmann, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Sarcoma, metastasis, genomics, cell signalling, NF1, MPNSTs
Meagan Jacoby, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Research Mentor: Matthew J. Walter, MD
Research Interests: Bone marrow transplantation, leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome
Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Research Mentor: Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Immunotherapy clinical trials, primary brain tumors and brain metastases, melanoma, merkel cell carcinoma
Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine
Medical School: National Taiwan University Hospital
Research Mentor: N/A
Research Interests: to understand the relationship and signaling crosstalk between inflammation and cancer
Brian Van Tine, MD, PhD
Professor in Medicine
Medical School: University of Alabama
Research Mentor: James Hsieh, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Understanding the metabolism of sarcomas for therapeutic developmential
Alumni at Other Institutions
Coy Heldermon, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine, University of Florida
Medical School: University of Oklahoma
Research Mentor:
Ramon Jin, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Mentor: Jason Mills, PhD
Research Interests: to initiate translational human upper GI cancer clinical trials to target novel pathways
David Tran, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine & Chief, University of Florida (Gainesville)
Medical School: Mayo Medical School
Research Mentor:
Terrence Wong, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Chicago
Research Mentor: Daniel Link, MD