Meet The Current Team
Heide Ford
PhD, University of Rochester
Postdoc- Harvard Medical School- DFCI
Professor and CU Medicine Endowed Chair, Dept. of Pharmacology
Associate Director for Basic Research, University of Colorado Cancer Center
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Dr. Sheera Rosenbaum
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Postdoctoral Fellow
BS in Biology, Haverford College PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University Project Focus: Elucidating tumor intrinsic signaling pathways that modulate anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer Funding: K00 NCI "Tumor Intrinsic Regulation of Immune Evasion Pathways in Breast Cancer" |
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MSTP (MD/PhD) / Graduate Student Molecular Biology Program
BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder Project Focus: Understanding developmental program regulation by SIX1 in normal muscle development and rhabdomyosarcoma Funding: Molecular Biology Program T32 |
Annika Gustafson
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Stephen Connor Purdy
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Graduate Student Cancer Biology Program
BS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University Project Focus: Targeting epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity to reduce metastasis and chemoresistance in breast cancer. Funding: T32/Cancer Center Fellowship in Cancer Biology |
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Graduate Student Molecular Biology Program
B.S. Northern Michigan University M.S. University of Michigan Genetic and pharmacological methods to decipher the role(s) of Eya2 in brain cancers |
Art Wolin
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Kaiah Fields
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Graduate Student Molecular Biology Program
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Graduate Student Pharmacology Program
BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Project Focus: EMT and tumor heterogeneity/ Identifying novel means to target tumor cell crosstalk and heterogeneity Funding: T32 in Pharmacology |
Emelia Smith
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Kate Matlin
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Graduate Student in Molecular Biology Program
BA in Molecular Biology, Colorado College Project Focus: The role of translational regulation in promoting metastasis under cellular stress Funding: Molecular Biology Program T32 |
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Research Services Senior Professional Lab Manager BA in Biological Sciences, Connecticut College Project Focus: Understanding the relationship between SIX1 and EWS/FLI1 the context of Ewings Sarcoma and investigating potential inhibition pathways. |
Natasha Shrivastava
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Recent Ford Lab alumni (2019-present)
Connor Hughes
MSTP (MD/PhD)/ Graduate Student Pharmacology Program
BS, University of Richmond
Project Focus: Tumor Heterogeneity/How EMT in Carcinoma cells influences neighboring Tumor Cells as well as the microenvironment
Funding : F30 NRSA NCI
"Investigating the role of Eya3 in the regulation of innate immune signaling cascades
in triple negative breast cancer"
BS, University of Richmond
Project Focus: Tumor Heterogeneity/How EMT in Carcinoma cells influences neighboring Tumor Cells as well as the microenvironment
Funding : F30 NRSA NCI
"Investigating the role of Eya3 in the regulation of innate immune signaling cascades
in triple negative breast cancer"
Jessica Hsu
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PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Hengbo Zhou
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Anthony Mangan
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Postdoctoral Fellow
BS Biology, BS Chemistry, St. John FIsher College MS Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology PhD Molecular Biology, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus Project Focus: Novel therapeutics for rhabdomyosarcoma Funding : T32 in Cancer Biology |
Michael Oliphant
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Melanie Vincent
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Taylor Hotz
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Deguang Kong
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