Current Members
Dung-Fang Lee, Ph.D. (dung-fang.lee@uth.tmc.edu)
Principal investigator (CPRIT scholar in cancer research)
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Education: National Tsing Hua University (BS/MS), The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (Ph.D.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Postdoc)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Hereditary Retinoblastoma, iPSC disease modeling
Ruiying Zhao, MD Ph.D. (ruiying.zhao@uth.tmc.edu)
Principal investigator
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Education: Peking University Health Science Center (MD), The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (Ph.D.), Columbia University (Postdoc)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, p53, liver differentiation, liver cancer, ubiquitination, AI
An Xu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Education: Harbin Institute of Technology (BS), University of Science and Technology of China (Ph.D.), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Postdoc)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, mutant p53, epigenetics, osteosarcoma
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Award: CPRIT BIG-TCR postdoctoral fellowship, UTHealth IBP Best Poster Award
Yu-Wen Huang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: I-Sou University (BS), China Medical University (MS), China Medical University (Ph.D.)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, mutant p53, cancer immune
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Trinh T. T. Phan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (CPRIT BIG-TCR Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellow)
Education: The University of Danang (BS), National Tsing Hua University (MS/PhD)
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Research Fields: p53, mutant p53, and Li-Fraumni syndrome
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Award: CPRIT BIG-TCR affiliated postdoctoral fellowship
Mo-Fan (Elena) Huang, MS
GSBS Graduate Student (Rosalie B. Hite Fellow; Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellow)
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Education: National Tsing Hua University (BS/MS)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Hereditary Retinoblastoma
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Awards: Rosalie B. Hite Fellowship, The third place GSEC Poster Competition Award, The Antje Wuelfrath Gee and Harry Gee, Jr. Family Legacy Scholarship, the first place Poster Presentation Award at the 2023 BCB Spring Symposium, GSEC travel award, GSBS travel award, G&E program travel award, the first place Poster Presentation Award in Post-Candidacy Group at the 2023 G&E Program Retreat, Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship, Dean's Research Scholarship, and IBP Retreat Spectator Award
Rachel Shoemaker, BS
GSBS Graduate Student
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Education: Rice University
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, mutant p53
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Award: UTHealth SPH CPRIT summer program internship; The third place and people's choice awards of elevator speech in UTHealth CPRIT undergraduate summer research program; Biosciences award for outstanding research; Distinction in research and creative work award.
Megan E Fisher, BS
GSBS Graduate Student
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Education: The University of Texas at Austin
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, mutant p53, liver cancer
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Candise L Tat, MS
GSBS Graduate Student
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Education: Rice University (BS), The University of Texas at Health Science Center at Houston (MS)
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Research Fields: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, mutant p53, cellular senescence
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Chih-Wei (Adriana) Chu, MS
GSBS Graduate Student
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Education: UC Davis (BS), Stanford University (MS)
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Research Fields: Li-Frumeni syndrome, mutant p53
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Ying-Si Wu, MS
Visiting Graduate Student
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Education: Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (BS); National Defense Medical Center (MS); National Defense Medical Center (PhD candidate)
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Research Fields: mutant p53 and cancer immune
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Award: National Science and Technology Council's Overseas Project for Graduate Research
Cheng-Shuo Huang, MS
Visiting Graduate Student
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Education: National Defense Medical Center (MS); National Defense Medical Center (PhD candidate);
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Research Fields: mutant p53 and cancer immune
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Award: National Science and Technology Council's Overseas Project for Graduate Research