People

Principal Investigator

Deepak Nijhawan M.D., Ph.D.

Deepak Nijhawan M.D., Ph.D.

Originally from Chicago, Dr. Nijhawan completed his doctoral and medical degrees in UTSW's Medical Scientist Training Program. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine and clinical fellowship in Medical Oncology before returning to UT Southwestern. 

During his fellowship, he used functional cancer genomics to identify novel targets in cancer, developing  a novel strategy to target “passenger” genes as an Achilles heel in ovarian cancer.

At UTSW, he is interested in expanding the list of vulnerabilities and translating these findings into the clinic to improve the treatment of ovarian and lung cancer.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Nijhawan enjoys cycling, hiking, travel, and sports.

Current Lab Members

Maria Goralski

Research Assistant

 

Maria Goralski

Giomar Rivera-Cancel, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Giomar Rivera-Cancel, Ph.D.

Neha Barrows

Research Technician

Neha Barrows

Min Fang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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Vishal Khivansara, M.S.

Sr. Research Associate

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Shanhai Xie, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

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Current Students

Thu (Tiana) Nguyen

Graduate Student

Thu (Tiana) Nguyen

Christopher Cervantes

Graduate Student

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    Former Lab Members

    Elisa Lin

    MSTP Student

    2018 - 2021

     

    Elisa Lin

    Baiyun Wang, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    2018 - 2020

    Baiyun Wang, Ph.D.

    Emanuela Capota

    Research Assistant

    2014 - 2020

    Emanuela Capota

    David Hsieh, M.D.

    Hematology/Oncology Fellow

    2018 - 2020

    David Hsieh, M.D.

    Anthony Yuan

    Research Technician

    2017 - 2019

    Anthony Yuan

    Ting "Master Ting" Han, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    2013 - 2017

    Ting "Master Ting" Han, Ph.D.

    Katherine Klein

    Research Technician

    2016 - 2018

    Katherine Klein

    Amy Owen

    Research Technician

    Amy Owen

    Nicholas Gaskill

    Research Technician

    Nicholas Gaskill

    Johnny McKnight

    Research Technician

    Johnny McKnight

    Yingli Duan

    Rachael Cox

    Former PhD Students

    Albert Budhipramono

    MSTP Student

    2018 - 2021

     

    Albert Budhipramono

    Tabitha Ting

    MSTP Student

    2016 - 2020

    Tabitha Ting

    Nikhil Madhusudhan

    MSTP Student

    2015 - 2019

    Nikhil Madhusudhan

    Pano Theodoropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

    MSTP Student

    2014-2016

    Pano Theodoropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

    James Ye
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2019

    Kartik Kulkarni
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2019

    Moiz Munir
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2019

    Daniel Shu
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2019

    José Francisco Calva Moreno
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2018

    Aakash Gndhi
    Rotating MSTP Student
    Summer 2017

    Minzhe Zhang
    Rotating MSTP Student

    Owais Ulhaq
    Rotating MSTP Student

    Nathan Heineman
    Rotating MSTP Student

    Megan Vernino
    Rotating MSTP Student

    Sanjana Ravi
    Rotating MSTP Student