Cancer Biology Program
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston
Dung-Fang Lee, PhD
Director, Cancer Biology Program
Telephone: 713.500.6132
email: dung-fang.lee@uth.tmc.edu
Chunru Lin, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program - Cancer Discovery Track
Telephone: 713.745.3226
email: clin2@mdanderson.org
Koichi Takahashi, MD
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program - Clinical Translational Oncology Track
Telephone: 713.745.4613
email: ktakahashi@mdanderson.org
Dawn Wolf-Taylor
Program Coordinator
GSBS Office - BSRB S3.8332a
Telephone: 713.745.0682
email: dawn.m.wolftaylor@uth.tmc.edu
2026
October 2026
The Cancer Biology Program (CBP) is pleased to congratulate Yutao and Ahmed on their outstanding achievements!
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Yutao Qi has been selected as a recipient of the 2026–2027 Pauline Altman-Goldstein Discovery Fellowship.
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Ahmed Shatta has been selected as a recipient of the 2026–2027 Dr. John J. Kopchick Research Award.
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These prestigious awards recognize their dedication to research and scientific excellence. We are proud of their accomplishments and wish them continued success in their research and future careers.
September 2026
Congratulations to
Precandidacy winners:
1st: Quan Mai, Ahmed Shatta, and Adriana Chu
2nd: Xue “Kelly” Yang
3rd: Brian Koehler
Postcandidacy winners:
1st: Srinath Lakshmivenkatesh
2nd: Mariana Najjar
3rd: Spring Hwang