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Committee Chair
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Stephen Byers, Ph.D.
Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program
Professor, Oncology and Cell Biology, Lombardi Cancer Center
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
Ph.D. 1981 (Endocrinology), University of Queensland, Australia
Research Interests: Cell adhesion and signaling; interactions with tumor suppressor genes and retinoids
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Committee Members
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William R. Ayers, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Member, School of Medicine Committee on Admissions
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Challice Bonifant
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Tumor Biology
B.S. 1999 (Chemistry), Wake Forest University
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John L. Casey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Ph.D. 1985 (Biophysical Chemistry), University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Molecular biology of viral hepatitis
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Elliott Crooke, Ph.D.
Chair, M.D./Ph.D. Admissions Committee
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
Ph.D. 1988 (Biological Chemistry), University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Control of the initiatino of chromosomal replication; role of cellular polyphosphates in DNA damage repair
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Edward P. Gelmann, M.D.
Professor, Oncology, Medicine and Cell Biology
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
M.D. 1976 (Medicine), Stanford University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular genetics of prostate cancer, homeodomain proteins and androgen receptor
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W. Taylor Johnson, M.F.A.
Director, Biomedical Graduate Education
M.F.A. 1986 (Studio Arts), The Catholic University of America
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Pedro A. Jose, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program
Professor and Vice Chairman, Pediatrics (Nephrology)
M.D. 1965 (Medicine), University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Ph.D. 1976 (Physiology), Georgetown University
Research Interests: Role of dopamine and adrenergic receptor subtypes on sodium transport in specific nephron segments in normotensive and hypertensive rodents and humans
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Hiroshi Nakai, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ph.D. 1984 (Microbiology & Immunology), University of Colorado
Research Interests: Gene amplification and chromosomal rearrangement promoted by movable genetic elements
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Priya Prahalad
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Preclinical M.D.
B.S. 2002 (Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Eliot M. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology, Cell Biology, and Radiation Medicine
M.D. 1979 (Medicine), University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. 1980 (Cellular Physiology), University of Pennsylvania
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
Research Interests: Function of breast cancer susceptibility gene-1 BRCA1 in breast and prostate cancer.
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Hallgeir Rui, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Oncology
M.D. 1987, University of Oslo, Norway
Ph.D. 1988 (Pathology), University of Oslo, Norway
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
Research Interests: Translational targeting of Jak-Stat signal transduction for cancer diagnosis, detection and treatment.
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Carol R. Taylor, CSFN, RN, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
M.S.N. (Medical-Surgical Nursing), The Catholic University of America
Ph.D.(Philosophy/Bioethics), Georgetown University
Research Interests: Professional and organizational ethics and health care decisionmaking
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Christopher C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
Ph.D. 1994 (Reproductive Physiology), University of British Columbia
Research Interests: Aberrant signal transduction in ovarian cancer; crosstalks between different signal transduction cascades.
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Todd A. Waldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
M.D. 1997 (Medicine), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ph.D. 1997 (Human Genetics), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Research Interests: Analysis of tumor suppressor gene function.
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Jean R. Wrathall, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Ph.D. 1969 (Genetics & Molecular Biology), University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Research Interests: Cellular and chemical factors influencing spinal cord injury and recovery of function
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Michael A. Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean of Research and Translational Science
M.D. (Medicine), New York University School of Medicine
Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Application of immune systems of frogs, sharks and other animals to the human immune system, and relevant drug development.
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Thomas A. Zeffiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Associate Director, Georgetown Center for Reading, Learning & Brain Function
Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
M.D. (Medicine), University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. (Neurophysiology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms of sensorimotor integration and reading
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