Alumni

Below are some of our trainees and laboratory alumni from the Head and Neck Cancer Lab

Jennifer Grandis, MD

Years Mentored     Name   Current Position
1997 - 2000 John Song, MD Associate Professor, University of Colorado
2000 - 2005 Sufi Thomas, MD Associate Professor, University of Kansas
2000 - 2002 Vivian Lui, PhD Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2001 - 2005 Qing Zhang Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
2001 - 2005 Sichuan Xi, PhD Research Biologist, National Cancer Institute
2003 - 2005 Stephen Lai MD, PhD Associate Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2004 - 2010 Rebecca Leeman-Neill Assistant Professor, Columbia University Medical Center
2005 - 2007 Priya Koppikar, PhD Staff Scientist, Amgen, Inc
2005 - 2007 Uma Duvvuri MD, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2006 - 2010 Malabika Sen, PhD Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2006 - 2011 Sarah Wheeler Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2007 - 2012 Kelly Quesnelle Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
2009 - 2012 Alec Vaezi MD, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts
2009 - 2011 Howard Moskowitz MD, PhD      Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2011 - 2015 Matthew Hedberg Resident, Washington University in St. Louis      

Patrick Ha, MD

Years Mentored     Name Current Position
2006 - 2007 Jong Chul Park Hematology/Oncology fellowship, Johns Hopkins
2008 - 2008 Alexander Hillel Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Otolaryngology
2008 - 2012 Chunbo Shao Post-doctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Research
2009 - 2010 Simon Best Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Otolaryngology
2011 - 2013 Marietta Tan Fellow, Head and Neck Surgery, UT MD Anderson
2012 - 2013 Ryan Sobel Greater Baltimore Medical Center Head and Neck Surgery
2013 - Present Shizhang Ling Post-doctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins
2015 - Present Brandon Leonard Senior Scientific Researcher, Genentech
2015 - 2016 Daniel Flis Private Practice, Marin General Hospital, CA
2016 - Present Jon Mallen-St. Clair     Academic Practice, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, CA

Daniel Johnson, PhD

Years Mentored     Name Current Position
1993 - 1994 Richard Maser Assistant Professor, Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, ME
1994 - 1997 Keiko Antoku Veterinarian, Washington, DC
1998 - 1999 Cheryl Fattman Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
1998 - 2001 Scott Delach Scientist I, Novartis
1999 - 2000 Asaf Rabinovitz Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Hospital
2000 - 2007 Michelle Miranda Principal in Oncology, Prescient Healthcare Group, NJ
2001 - 2005 Lori Emert-Sedlak Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2002 - 2004 James Torchi Clinical Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2007 - 2009 Ranhui Duan Professor, Central South University, PR China
2007 - 2009 Jade Jones Resident Physician, Vanderbilt University
2007 - 2009 Patricia Kropf Associate Professor, Temple University/Fox Chase Cancer Center
2008 - 2009 Brian Park Otolaryngologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
2011 - 2013 Victor Yazbeck Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
2012 - 2014 Kathy Dorritie Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
2014 - 2016 Rebecca Leeman-Neill     Assistant Professor, Columbia University Medical Center