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Ganesh V. Raj, M.D., Ph.D.
Ganesh V. Raj, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Urology and a fellowship-trained urologic oncologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He was trained in molecular biology, endocrinology, and oncology and has significant experience in the preclinical endocrine agents for human hormonal malignancies.
Dr. Raj is a funded cancer investigator with an active clinical practice. His advanced science research focuses on translational strategies against steroid hormonal receptors. His laboratory is actively characterizing molecular signaling pathways involving the androgen receptor in prostate cancer.
Dr. Raj is passionate about his patients, his research, and his family. The laboratory's focus is primarily translational, tempered with an overwhelming desire for drug design and development to improve the lives of people with hormonally dependent cancers.
In collaboration with Jung-Mo Ahn, Ph.D., of UT Dallas, Dr. Raj pioneered and developed several peptidomimetics, protein-like compounds that target the interaction of nuclear receptors with their coregulators. These peptidomimetics have been licensed by a pharmaceutical company and are being evaluated for clinical trials.
With Wayne Tilley, Ph.D., of the University of Adelaide in Australia, Dr. Raj has developed a novel ex vivo culture method for evaluating primary cancer tissues. This approach enables study of biologically relevant pathways in clinically relevant specimens. The ex vivo culture method remain a significant focus of our research, and we are validating it in multiple tumor types (including breast, kidney, lung and prostate).
Yi Yin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hometown: China
College: Peking University
Favorite Movie: Angry Birds
Hobbies: Swimming
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Xihui Liu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Hometown: China
College: Tongji Medical College
Favorite Movie: The Matrix/The Shawshank Redemption
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, photography
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Marcelo Roggero, Ph.D.
Instructor
Hometown: Mendoza, Argentina
College: Universidad Nacional de San Luis
Favorite Movie: Pulp Fiction
Hobbies: Running (coming soon...), traveling, listening to music
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Karla Parra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
College: UT El Paso
Favorite Movie: V for Vendetta
Hobbies: Cooking, traveling
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Anwesha Ghosh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hometown: Kolkata, India
College: UTSW
Favorite Movie: The Blue Planet docuseries/The Last Samurai
Hobbies: Creative writing, reading, listening to music
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Michael Hsieh, B.S.
Research Associate
Hometown: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
College: Binghamton University
Favorite Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Hobbies: Surfing, soccer, snowboarding
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Liping Chen
Research Associate
Hometown: China
College: Beijing Normal Univeristy
Favorite Movie: Nomadland
Hobbies: Jogging, cooking, traveling
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Andrea Woods
Research Technician II
Hometown: Longview, TX
College: Texas A&M University
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Hobbies: Music, reading, brunching
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Eliot Blatt, B.S.
Graduate Student
Hometown: Austin, TX
College: Rhodes College
Favorite Movie: Anonymous
Hobbies: Tennis, playing with my dog (Bailey)
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Mia Hofstad
MD/PhD Student
Hometown: New Braunfels, TX
College: Rice University
Favorite Movie: Inception
Hobbies: Running, baking
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Tanner Reese
Graduate Student
Hometown: London, Ontario CA
College: Rice University
Favorite Movie: IT
Hobbies: Golf, hockey, tennis, spending time with friends and family
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Shihong Ma, Ph.D
Sr. Research Associate
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Anvita Devineni, B.S.
Research Technician II
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Lan Yu, Ph.D.
Instructor
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Collin Gilbreath, B.S.
Research Technician II
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Shourya Kumar, B.S.
Research Technician II
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Rajni Sonavane, M.S.
Lab Manager
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Noa Kopplin, B.S.
Research Technician II
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Jorena Lim
Summer (SURF) Student
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Aaron Libed
Summer (STARS) Student
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Michael Witwer, B.S.
Research Technician II
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Dede Bahun-Wilson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Annie Chang, M.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Preethi Ravindranathan, M.S.
![Preethi Ravindranathan, M.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/ravindranathan-preethi.jpeg?h=ed8857ac&itok=dRmObc4Q)
Vijay Gonugunta, Ph.D.
![Vijay Gonugunta, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/gonugunta-vijay.jpeg?h=263339f8&itok=mj7X9NcA)
Omar Akram, Ph.D.
![Omar Akram, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/akram-omar.jpeg?h=68429189&itok=HP0am3UY)
Eva Freeman
![Eva Freeman](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/freeman-eva.jpeg?h=ab3729be&itok=echxZr4a)
Lin Yan, M.D., Ph.D.
![Lin Yan, M.D., Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/yan-lin.jpeg?h=06e1ee24&itok=tAogtVGH)
Shuai Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
![Shuai Liu, M.D., Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/liu-shuai.jpeg?h=3910cbe0&itok=4b1lL0RR)
Zhao Liu, Ph.D.
![Zhao Liu, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/zhao-liu.jpeg?h=28878a1e&itok=n4iceEhz)
Lu Miao, Ph.D.
![Lu Miao, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/miao-lu.jpeg?h=3c849f95&itok=j2bhrTVC)
Sentai Ding, M.D., Ph.D.
![Sentai Ding, M.D., Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/sentai-ding.jpeg?h=2bea2087&itok=JZ_8FhU_)
Amy Li, Ph.D.
![Amy Li, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/li-amy.jpeg?h=3829c9e4&itok=8zTNSJbQ)
Ross Liao, Undergraduate Student
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Sydney Kapp, Undergraduate Student
![Sydney Kapp, Undergraduate Student](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-06/kapp-sydney.jpeg?h=748b8bd7&itok=yYyi0Ajb)