Specialized Program of Research Excellence

Organic Cation Transporter 2 and Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity

Nasopharynx

Pathology

David I Yule

An experimental/computational approach for understanding salivary fluid secretion

Nasopharynx

Pathology

Jeffrey Nicholas Myers

Translating genomic alterations into novel therapeutic targets in head and neck cancer through computational and functional approaches

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Sidransky David

Spore in Head and Neck Cancer

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Prashant Desai

Engineering Herpesviruses using Synthetic Genomics

Nasopharynx Hodgkin lymphoma

Jeffrey Nicholas Myers

Predicting and overcoming chemoradioresistance in p53-mutant head and neck cancer

Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx

Jan Rainey

A mechanistic study of G-protein coupled receptor binding and activation by apelin.

Trachea, bronchus and lung Other pharynx Oesophagus Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Nasopharynx Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts Kidney, renal pelvis and ureter Kaposi sarcoma Hodgkin lymphoma Colorectum Cervix uteri

Mirlinda Kachuri

Comprehensive investigation of telomere length and its genetic determinants in cancer risk and clinical outcomes

Trachea, bronchus and lung Pancreas Other pharynx Oesophagus Nasopharynx Lip, oral cavity Larynx