Research Team
Amy Skubitz, PhD
Director, OCEDP
612-625-5920
skubi002@umn.edu
Kristin Boylan, PhD
Assistant Director, OCEDP
612-625-4942
boyla002@umn.edu
Alexandra Schefter
Gyn Onc Fellow
schefter@umn.edu
Peter Argenta, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Martina Bazzaro, PhD
Associate Professor
612-625-2889
mbazzaro@umn.edu
Qing Cao
Senior Research Fellow, BDAC
612-624-2604
caox0075@umn.edu
Britt Erickson, MD
Assistant Professor
bkeric@umn.edu
Martin Felices, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Melissa Geller, MD, MS
Professor and Division Director, Gynecologic Oncology
612-626-3111
Timothy Griffin, PhD
Professor
612-624-5249
tgriffin@umn.edu
LeeAnn Higgins
612-625-2280
higgi022@umn.edu
Samantha Hoffman, MD
Assistant Professor
612-273-7111
Allison Hubel, PhD
Professor
hubel001@umn.edu
Joseph Koopmeiners, PhD
Professor and Division Head
612-624-7486
koopm007@umn.edu
Todd Markowski
Scientist
612-625-6283
marko025@umn.edu
James McCarthy, PhD
Professor and Chairman's Fund Professorship in Cancer Research
612-625-7454
mccar001@umn.edu
Sally Mullany, MD
Assistant Professor
David Odde, PhD
Professor
612-626-9980
oddex002@umn.edu
Ashley Petersen, PhD
Assistant Professor
612-626-8156
pete6459@umn.edu
Mark Sanders
Program Director
612-624-3454
msanders@umn.edu
Tim Starr, PhD
Associate Professor
612-625-4425
star0044@umn.edu
Stefani Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor
612-624-1054
stefanit@umn.edu
Daniel Vallera, PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology
valle001@umn.edu
Jianping Wang
Professor
612-625-9509
jpwang@umn.edu
Boris Winterhoff, MD, MS
Associate Professor
bwinterh@umn.edu
Guillermo Marques, PhD
Research Project Specialist
612-624-0976
marques@umn.edu
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
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.