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
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" |
Annika Gustafson
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
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
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"
Stephen Connor Purdy
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
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
Art Wolin
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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 |
Kaiah Fields
Graduate Student Molecular Biology Program
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Emelia Smith
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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 |
Brock Armstrong
PRA
Lab Manager
BA in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, CU-Boulder
PRA
Lab Manager
BA in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, CU-Boulder
Recent Ford Lab alumni (2019-present)
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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Current Position:
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Taylor Hotz
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Current Position:
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Deguang Kong
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Deguang Kong
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