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

Deputy Director: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

As Deputy Director, Dr. Ramalingam leads the integration of the research, clinical, and educational components within Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

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

Olatunji B. Alese, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, 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: Thomas J. Lawley Professor of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine

Martha Arellano , MD: Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

William F. Auffermann, PhD, MD: Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 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

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

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Simon Blakey, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

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, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Raghavan Chinnadurai, PhD: Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

John F. Codington, PhD: Senior Researcher Associate, Department of Chemistry, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

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

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

Yuhong Du, PhD, MSc: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Eliaf Egap (Ahmed), PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

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

Mandy L. Ford, PhD: Associate Professor, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

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 Emeritus, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Jacques Galipeau, MD, FRCP(C): ,

Cynthia R. Giver, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD: Director and Daniel P. Amos Children's Chair, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Lubing Gu, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Ann E. Haight, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

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, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA: Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Section , Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

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

Bruce Hershatter, MD, FACR: Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

John T. Horan, MD, MPH: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics , 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

Selwyn Hurwitz, PhD, MSc: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Anna Janss, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics , Emory University School of Medicine

Harish C. Joshi, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Jonathan L. Kaufman, MD: Medical Director and Section Chief, 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

Noreen Khan, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical 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, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, FACP: Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Robert J. Klafter, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Jean L. Koff, MD: Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

David A. Kooby, MD, FACS: 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

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: Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Glen Lew, MD: Associate Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, FACR: Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University

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

Lanny S. Liebeskind, PhD: Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

Dennis Liotta, PhD: Executive Director, Emory Institute for Drug Development , Emory University

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

Yuan Liu, PhD, MS: Assistant Research Professor, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP: Chief Medical Officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Joseph Magliocca, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Surgery , 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: Chief Clinical Pathology, Grady Health System

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

Claire M. Mazewski, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Frank McDonald, PhD: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University

Jane Lowe Meisel, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Alfred H. Merrill, Jr., PhD: Professor and Smithgall Institute Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Melvin R. Moore, MD: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Edward T. Morgan, PhD: Professor, Department of Pharmacology, 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

Thomas A. Olson, MD: Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Eric Ortlund, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine

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

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: Director of Thoracic Oncology, Emory University Hospital Midtown

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

Daniel Pomeranz Krummel, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Muna Qayed, MD, MsCR: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Cassandra Leah Quave, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD: Deputy Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Louis B. Rapkin, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

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

John M. Rhee, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine

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

John D. Roback, MD, PhD: 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: Director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Himalee S. Sabnis, MD, MSc: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Debra Saxe, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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

David M. Schuster, MD: Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Services, Emory University School of Medicine

Periasamy Selvaraj, PhD: Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Virginia O. Shaffer, MD: Assistant Professor, Division of General and GI Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine

Walid L. Shaib, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Dmitry M. Shayakhmetov, PhD: Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Dong Moon Shin, MD, FACP: Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

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

H. Trent Spencer, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Charles A. Staley, MD: Chief Quality Officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Conor E. Steuer, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Natalie Strickland, MD: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Xiangyang Tang, PhD, DABR: Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Alfredo Voloschin, MD: Associate 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

M. Neale Weitzmann, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Xiaofeng Yang, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Keqiang Ye , PhD: Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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

Shan Ping Yu, MD, PhD: O. Wayne Rollins Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine

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Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

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Program Leaders

Haian Fu, PhD

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD

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