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GCCRI Faculty

Greehey CCRI Principal Investigators

The Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute and the faculty have created specialized cancer and research centers that focus on advancing scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer and accelerating that knowledge into innovative cures for all ages.

GCCRI Faculty
Greg Aune, MD, PhD

Gregory J. Aune, MD, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Hematology-Oncology
Office: 4.100.16, Tel: 210.562.9154
aune@uthscsa.edu
GCCRI Dir of Communications & Community Engagement

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Alexander J. R. Bishop, D.Phil
Rank: Professor
Department: Cell Systems & Anatomy
Programmatic Member: Molecular Medicine
Office: 3.100.14
Tel: 210.562.9060
bishopa@uthscsa.edu

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Yidong Chen, PhD
Rank: Professor
Department: Population Health Sciences
Division: Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Director
Office: 4.100.06
Tel: 1.210.562.9163
Cheny8@uthscsa.edu

Allison Grimes, M.D., MSCI
Rank: Associate Professor/Clinical
Department: Department of Pediatrics
Division: Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Office: 4.100.12
Tel: 210-562-9215
grimesa@uthscsa.edu

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Yogesh K. Gupta, M. Tech, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Office: 4.100.08
Tel: 1.210.562.9064
guptay@uthscsa.edu

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Peter Houghton, PhD
Rank: Professor
Department: Molecular Medicine
Office: 2.110.12
Tel: 210.562.9056
houghtonp@uthscsa.edu

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Myron Ignatius, PhD
Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Molecular Medicine
Office: 3.100.12
Tel: 210-562-9030
ignatius@uthscsa.edu

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Katsumi Kitagawa, Pharm.D., PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Molecular Medicine
Office: 4.100.20
Tel: 210.562.9062
kitagawak@uthscsa.edu

Raushan Kurmasheva, PhD
Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Molecular Medicine
Office: 4.100.18
Tel: 210.562.9155
kurmasheva@uthscsa.edu

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Zhao Lai, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor/Research
Department: Molecular Medicine
Office: 4.100.14
Tel: 210-562-9246
laiz@uthscsa.edu

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David S. Libich, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Office: Greehey CCRI: 4.100.22 / RAB: 5.206.2
Tel: 210-562-9151  |  210-450-8326
libich@uthscsa.edu

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Luiz O.F. Penalva, PhD
Rank: Professor
Department: Cell Systems & Anatomy
Office: 3.100.10
Tel: 210-562-9049
penalva@uthscsa.edu

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Alexander Pertsemlidis, PhD
Rank: Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Office: 3.100.22
Tel: 210-562-9062
pertsemlidis@uthscsa.edu

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Manjeet Rao, PhD
Deputy Director – Greehey CCRI
Co-Leader, Experimental, and Dev Therapeutics,
Mays CC; Discipline Dir., Cancer Biology – Graduate Prgm
Rank: Professor, Department: Cell Systems & Anatomy
Office: 4.100.10 Tel: 210-562-9119
raom@uthscsa.edu

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Yuzuru Shiio, MD, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Office: 3.100.08
Tel: 210-562-9089
shiio@uthscsa.edu

Patrick Sung, DPhil
Director, Greehey CCRI
Rank: Professor
Department: Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Office: 2.220.12
Tel: 210-450-8868
sungp@uthscsa.edu

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Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD
Rank: Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Chief of Hematology-Oncology
Office: 4.100.20
Tel: 210-562-9116
Office: 210-567-7477
tomlinsong@uthscsa.edu

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Xiaojing Wang, PhD
Rank: Asst. Professor/Research/PHS
Department: Population Health Sciences
Office: 3.100.16
Tel: 210-450-8438
WangX11@uthscsa.edu

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Siyuan Zheng, PhD
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Population Health Sciences
Office: 3.100.18
Tel: 210-562-9028
zhengs3@uthscsa.edu