Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

The Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics research program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University develops novel therapeutic approaches for the detection and treatment of cancer.

Led by Haian Fu, PhD and Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics program aims to facilitate molecular target-based cancer drug discovery, biomedical technology and clinical trials for therapeutic development.

Members of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics program work collaboratively on the next generation of anti-cancer innovations and help move these advances from the lab to the clinic. The program includes basic scientists who identify new anti-cancer targets, translational researchers who refine these discoveries for clinical application, and physicians who treat patients with promising new cancer therapies and techniques.

Collaboration is a key component of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics program’s successful drug development pipeline. An important priority of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics program is to support activities, resources and opportunities that foster collaboration and serve the multi-disciplinary research interests of its members.

The Discovery and Development Therapeutics research program at Winship Cancer Institute develops and recruits expertise focused on four specific interconnected themes.

The four central themes include:

Drug Discovery: focuses on the discovery of new agents and new therapeutic combinations to more effectively treat cancer.

Imaging: focuses on developing new cancer imaging probes with diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic significance.

Immunotherapy: focuses on cancer vaccine discovery, immunotherapeutics that enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapeutics, and strategies to suppress unwanted immune responses in bone marrow transplantation patients.

Developmental Therapeutics: focuses on the design and conduct of innovative clinical trials, bringing discoveries made in the lab into safe and effective clinical practice.

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics program members are continuously publishing landmark research in high-impact scientific journals.

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To learn more about the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics research program at Winship Cancer Institute, please contact:

Margaret Johns at (404) 727-1335 or Olga Rivera at (404) 727-5983

Visit the Emory University's Cancer Biology Graduate Program website to learn about outstanding training opportunities in every aspect of cancer research, from basic to translational.

Haian Fu, PhD

Leader, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Dr. Fu leads a research program which is the primary driver of discovery and evaluation of novel therapeutic options for cancer patients at Winship.

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD

Co-Leader, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Nationally recognized for his research, Dr. Ramalingam has developed individualized therapies for patients with small cell and non-small cell lung cancer.

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Rafi Ahmed, PhD: Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immuniology, Emory University School of Medicine

Arif N. Ali, MD, MS: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Zaid Al-Kadhimi, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology , Emory University School of Medicine

John D. Altman, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine

ARM Ruhul Amin, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Jack Arbiser, MD, PhD: Professor, Department of Dermatology , Emory University School of Medicine

Martha Arellano , MD: Associate Program Director of the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

William F. Auffermann, PhD, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Emory University School of Medicine

Jonathan J. Beitler, MD, MBA, FACR, FASTRO: Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD: Professor and The Wallace H. Coulter Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Charlie Garnett Benson, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Georgia State University

Chris Bergstrom, MD, OD: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

David Berkowitz, MD: Director, Interventional Pulmonology Program, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Simon Blakey, PhD: ,

Kenneth Cardona, MD, FACS: Co-Chair Gastrointestinal Oncology Working Group, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Bradley Carthon, MD, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Georgia Chen, PhD: Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Zhengjia (Nelson) Chen, PhD: Associate Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

John F. Codington, PhD: Senior Researcher Associate , Emory's Whitehead Biomedical Research Building

Jonathon B. Cohen, MD, MS: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Michael Cohen, MD, FACR: Director, Division of Breast Imaging, Emory Healthcare

Ian Copland, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR: Executive Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Huw M. L. Davies, PhD: Asa Griggs Candler Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

Jiusheng Deng, PhD: Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Xingming Deng, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Scott Edelman, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Eric S. Elder, PhD: Interim Director of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Bassel El-Rayes, MD: Associate Director for Clinical Research, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Baowei Fei, PhD, EngD: Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine

Lisa Flowers, MD: Director of Colposcopy Services, Grady Cancer Center

Haian Fu, PhD: Leader, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Manila Gaddh, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Anthony A. Gal, MD: Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Jacques Galipeau, MD, FRCP(C): Co-Director Tumor Immunology-Immunotherapy, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Cynthia Giver, PhD: Instructor, Research Track , Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Karen Godette, MD: Medical Director, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Mark M. Goodman, PhD: Professor, Radiology, Psychiatry and Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Alan N. Gordon, MD: Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute

Raghuveer K. Halkar, MD: Professor, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Wayne B. Harris , MD: Assistant Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

R. Donald Harvey, PharmD, FCCP BCOP: Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Section , Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Natalyn Hawk, MD, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Bruce Hershatter, MD, FACR: Medical Director, Radiation Oncology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Kristin Higgins, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

G. Baker Hubbard III, MD: Thomas M. Aaberg Sr. Chair in Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Patricia A. Hudgins, MD, FACR: Director, Head and Neck Radiology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Adriana Ioachimescu, MD, PhD, FACE: Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Muta M. Issa, MD, FACS, MBA: Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Nathan T. Jui, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

Jonathan L. Kaufman, MD: Medical Director of the Ambulatory Infusion Centers, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Mohammad K. Khan, MD, PhD, DABR: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Faisal Khosa, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

H. Jean Khoury, MD: Director, Division of Hematology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, FACP: Deputy Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Darren Kies, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

David Kooby, MD: Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Jeanne Kowalski, PhD: Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Omer Kucuk, MD: Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ragini Kudchadkar, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

David H. Lawson, MD: Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Mary Jo Lechowicz, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Shiyong Li, MD, PhD, FASCP: Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Emory Medical Laboratory, Emory University Hospital

Tian Liu, PhD, DABR: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Yuan Liu, PhD, MS: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Sagar Lonial, MD: Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Shishir K. Maithel , MD, FACS: Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Karen P. Mann, MD, PhD: Director, Molecular Hematopathology, Emory University Hospital

Hui Mao, PhD: Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Claire M. Mazewski, MD: ,

Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, FACR: William P. Timmie Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju, MS, PhD: Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology , Emory University School of Medicine

Shuming Nie, PhD: Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Chair Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology

Peter Nieh, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Kenneth Ogan, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Jeffrey J. Olson, MD: Director, Clinically-related Neuro-oncology Laboratory, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS: Director, Laboratory of Molecular Neurosurgery and Biotechnology, Emory University School of Medicine

Suchita Pakkala, MD: Clinical Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Elisavet Paplomata, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Pretesh Patel, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

John G. Pattaras, MD, FACS: Chief of Urology, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Rebecca Pentz, PhD: Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Research Ethics, Emory University School of Medicine

Allan Pickens, MD: ,

Rathi Pillai, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD: Co-Leader, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

William Read, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Chad W. Ritenour, MD: Associate Chief Medical Officer, Emory University Hospital

John D. Roback, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Justin Roper, PhD, DABR: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Steven Roser, MD, DMD, FACS: DeLos Hill Professor of Oral Surgery and Chief, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Peter Rossi, MD: Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP: Chief of Head and Neck Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Rein Saral, MD: Professor Emeritus, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Juan M. Sarmiento, MD, FACS: Associate Professor, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Eduard Schreibmann, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Jay Shelton, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Dong Moon Shin, MD, FACP: Associate Director for Academic Development, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Mamoru Shoji , MD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Gabriel Sica, MD, PhD: Co-Director, Cancer Tissue and Pathology Core, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Momin T. Siddiqui, MD: Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Charles A. Staley, MD: Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

William Torres, MD, FACR: Chief, Department of Radiology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Jeffrey M. Vainshtein, MD: Instructor, Clinical Track, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Alfredo Voloschin, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology , Emory University School of Medicine

Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, FACP: Director, Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Emily Weinert, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

Cynthia Wetmore, MD, PhD: Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Emory+Children's Pediatric Research Center

Field F. Willingham, MD, MPH: Director of Endoscopy, Division of Digestive Disease, Emory University School of Medicine

Keqiang Ye , PhD: ,

Shaojin You, PhD: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

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Program Themes

Publications

Program Contacts

Program Leaders

Haian Fu, PhD

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD

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