Cancer Biology
The Cancer Biology Cluster provides graduate education leading to the award of MS and PhD degrees in Biomedical Sciences, with specialization in Cancer Biology. Students begin their training with BMS required courses and the Cluster foundation course in Cancer Biology. The Cancer Colloquium provides exposure to the most recent developments in the field for both faculty and students. Additional advanced courses are available to complement research training as students choose a laboratory.
Cluster-affiliated faculty conduct research in four broadly defined areas: Cell Signaling in Cancer, Cancer Genomics and Proteomics, Nutrition and Cancer, and Reproductive Cancers. Members also participate in two large federally funded research programs (COBRE in Transcription Factors in Cancer, and WV-INBRE). Completion of the new Joan C. Edwards Cancer Center will provide novel opportunities for linking basic and clinical research.
For more information, please contact Dr. Beverly C. Delidow, Cluster Coordinator
Faculty Research in Cancer
B Chertow, MD: Incidence and nature of thyroid cancer in WV communities
P.P. Claudio: Molecular therapeutics for cancer
P Dasgupta: Cellular signaling and xenobiotics
BC Delidow: ß-Catenin as a Molecular Target in Cancer
P Georgel: Regulation of gene expression through chromatin modification
WE Hardman: Cellular and whole animal models of nutrition and cancer
M Park: Chmp1/Sap7 as a p53-mediated tumor suppressor in pancreas
MR Moore: Progestin effects on breast cancer cell death
RM Niles: Molecular action of vitamin A in prevention and treatment of cancer
GO Rankin: Metabolism and Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents
LL Richardson: Transcription Factors in Testicular Cancer
V Sollars: Epigenetics and Cancer Stem Cells
GZ Zhu: Cell Surface Receptors in Development and Disease
M Valentovic: Renal toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents
J Wilkinson: Oxidant stress and inflammation in cancer
Cancer Biology Curriculum