Who We Are
Educating and Researching to Make a Difference
Director for The Center for Cell Reprogramming
Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD.
“It’s a dream of a scientist to be able to discover something in a laboratory that might not only be interesting to other scientists but have an impact on healthcare in the country, or in this case, the entire world…so it’s an exciting time!”
– Dr. Richard Schlegel, Chair of Department of Pathology and Director of Center for Cell Reprogramming, GUMC
Faculty
Hang Yuan, PhD
Associate Professor
• Director of HPV Biology Program
• Canine Papillomavirus
• Vaccine Development
Ewa Krawczyk, PhD
Associate Professor
• CRC Lab Manager
• E5 Protein
• CRC Cultures
Seema Agarwal, PhD
Adjunct Professor
• In Vitro Cell Line Models
• Signaling Pathways
• Cell Model Systems
Jeffrey K. Huang, PhD
Deputy Director of CCR
Associate Professor
• Department of Biology & Pathology
• Oligodendrocyte Regeneration
• Molecular Signals in Injury Microenvironments
Xuefeng Liu, MD
Adjunct Professor
• Scientific Director of Conditional Reprogramming Laboratory (CRL)
• Papillomavirus Oncoproteins
Christopher Albanese, PhD
Associate Professor
• Department of Oncology
• Growth Regulation of Cancer
• Development of High-Energy Imaging Technologies
Anton Wellstein, MD
Assistant Professor
• Oncology & Pharmacology
• Growth Factor Pleiotrophin and its Signaling through the ALK Kinase Receptor
• Discovery of Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis and Genes
Michael Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
• Department of Oncology
• Proteases, Invasion and Metastasis and the Progression of Breast Cancer.
• The Pharmacogenetics of Drugs used in Cancer Therapy
Elena Silva, PhD
Professor
• Department of Biology
• Professor and Vice Dean
• Nervous System Development
Steve Singer, PhD
Professor
• Department of Biology
• Pathogenesis in Giardia and Giardia-host-microbiota interactions
• Innate immunity in Giardia Infection, Vaccine Development, Giardia co-infections
Research Team
Administrative Team
Rachel Choi, CPA, MS
Office Manager
•Perform administrative and strategic operations for CCR
• Manage GMS financials and procurement reports • Oversee CCR website development & Seminar Series