Research Team
Amy Skubitz, PhD
Director, OCEDP
612-625-5920
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Stefani Thomas, PhD, DABCC, NRCC
Co-Director, OCEDP
Assistant Professor
612-624-1054
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Kristin Boylan, PhD
Assistant Director, OCEDP
612-625-4942
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Peter Argenta, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Martina Bazzaro, PhD
Associate Professor
612-625-2889
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Qing Cao
Senior Research Fellow, BDAC
612-624-2604
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Britt Erickson, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Martin Felices, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
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Melissa Geller, MD, MS
Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Timothy Griffin, PhD
Professor
612-624-5249
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LeeAnn Higgins
612-625-2280
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Samantha Hoffman, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Midwifery
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Allison Hubel, PhD
Professor
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Joseph Koopmeiners, PhD
Professor and Division Head
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Todd Markowski
Scientist
612-625-6283
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James McCarthy, PhD
Professor and Chairman's Fund Professorship in Cancer Research
612-625-7454
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Sally Mullany, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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David Odde, PhD
Professor
612-626-9980
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Ashley Petersen, PhD
Assistant Professor
612-626-8156
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Colleen Rivard, MD
Associate Professor, Division Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Mark Sanders
Program Director
612-624-3454
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Alexandra Schefter
Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Daniel Vallera, PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology
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Jianping Wang
Professor
612-625-9509
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Boris Winterhoff, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
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Guillermo Marques, PhD
Research Project Specialist
612-624-0976
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External Collaborators
Robert C. Bast, Jr., MD, and Karen Lu, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Univ of TX, Houston
Ugo Cavallaro, PhD
IRCCS Istituto Europeo di Oncologia S.r.l. in Milan Italy
Denise Connolly, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Elias, MD and Daniel Cramer, MD, ScD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Facundo M. Fernández, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tanja Pejovic, MD, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Nasrin Perskvist, PhD
Director of Clinical Cytology Biobank, Coordinator of National Cytology Biobank, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Karin Rodland, PhD, Paul Piehowski, PhD, and Tao Liu, PhD
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA
Previous Researchers
Post-doctoral Fellows:
- Somi Afiuni, Ph.D.
- Petra Buchanan, Ph.D.
- Rachael Casey, Ph.D.
- Khashayar Lessan, Ph.D.
Graduate Students:
- Kathryn Burleson, Ph.D.
Thesis entitled, “Determination of the metastatic potential of ovarian carcinoma spheroids”
- Melissa DeRycke, Ph.D.
Thesis entitled, “S100A1 and nectin 4 biomarkers in ovarian cancer”
- Kate Hibbs, M.S.
Thesis entitled, “Gene expression profiles of ovarian carcinoma: A search for unique tumor protein markers”
- Yi-Ju Hung, M.S.
Thesis entitled, “Identification of the cell surface molecules involved in the adhesion of ovarian carcinoma cells to endothelial cells” - Anna Rogers, M.S.
Thesis entitled, "Optimization of mass spectrometry-based proteomic identification of ovarian cancer biomarkers from residual Pap test fixative" - Jeannine Thiele, M.S.
Thesis entitled, “Identification of genes up-regulated in ovarian cancer by large-scale gene expression analysis”
Medical Students:
- Dip Shukla, B.S.
Project entitled, “Knockout of Nectin-4 expression in ovarian cancer cell lines with CRISPRs”
- Kate Geschwind, B.S.
Project entitled, “Identification of ovarian cancer biomarkers in serum samples using Proseek® plates”
Undergraduate Students:
- Daniel Beacher
- Craig Benson
- Madelyn Blake
- Stefanie Bradford
- Kelly Braumberger
- Cody Bruggemeyer
- Carlye Burd
- Jacqueline Byrne
- Adam Chanthakeo
- Christine Fink
- Allyssa Freeman
- Katherine Harrington
- Jessica Hermanson
- Resa Jones
- Kimberly Koch
- Stephanie Kroon
- Jennifer Lang
- Risha Mathur
- Adam Meyer
- Benjamin Misemer
- Laura Ruff
- Ines Sauer
- Heena Shah
- Sarah Trehey
- Feifei Xue
Summer Undergraduate Students:
- Natalie Bott
- Stephanie Fuchs
- Kayla Hickey
High School Students:
- Kelsey Koch
Research Technicians:
- John Anderson, B.S.
- Rory Manion, B.S.
- Alan Zimmerman, B.S.