Program Members
Leader
Glazer, Peter, MD, PhD
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; breast cancer; prostate cancer; lung cancer
- Office:(203) 737-2788
Members
Boffa, Daniel
Research Interests:prevention of tumor metastasis; early detection of lung cancer
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Carlson, David
Research Interests:Biological optimization of treatment planning; Tumor hypoxia and reoxygenation effects; Heavy ion radiotherapy; Functional imaging; DNA damage and repair; Motion management; 4D imaging and treatment strategies; Prostate cancer; Lung cancer
- Office:(203) 200-2018
Carson, Richard
Research Interests:Positron emission tomography (PET) modeling and physics; Tracer kinetic modeling methods and parametric imaging techniques for PET tracers; Application of receptors ligands to assess neurotransmitter dynamic; 3D and 4D PET image reconstruction; Medical imaging
- Office:(203) 737-2814
Chang, Bryan
Research Interests:Combined modality treatment; stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT); intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); molecular markers of tumor response and prognosis
- Office:(203) 737-2758
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Chang, Sandy
Research Interests:Mouse models of cancer; DNA damage; Telomere biology
- Office:(203) 737-4667
- Lab:(203) 737-4668
Chen, Zhe
Research Interests:Theoretical and experimental radiation dosimetry; Radiobiological analysis and modeling for radiation therapy treatment optimization and outcome analysis; Image-guidance for tumor identification, treatment design, delivery verification, and treatment response evaluation in administering personalized adaptive radiation therapy
- Office:(203) 200-2014
Contessa, Joseph
Research Interests:Adaptive responses of tumor cells to ionizing radiation; Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; Protein N-linked glycosylation; High throughput screens for novel therapeutic agents; Biologic markers for radiation response
- Office:(203) 700-2634
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Damast, Shari
Research Interests:women's health; cancer treatment; quality of life; patient-reported outcomes
- Appt:(203) 200-2635
Decker, Roy
Research Interests:Lung Cancer; Head & Neck Cancer; Combined Modality Therapy
- Office:(203) 737-2758
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Deng, Jun
Research Interests:Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT); Monte Carlo Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy of Cancers; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT); Organ Motion and Deformable Registration; Optimization for Radiation Therapy; Biologically Guided Radiation Therapy (BGRT)
- Office:(203) 200-2013
Detterbeck, Frank
Research Interests:cancer biology; cancer imaging techniques; prognostic markers of cancers; multimodality (multiple therapies for) treatment of cancer; evidence-based medicine
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Djekidel, Mehdi
Research Interests:Imaging Biomarkers; Radioproteomics; Radiogenomics; Quantitation
- Office:(203) 200-5180
- Appt:(203) 200-5610
Duncan, James
Research Interests:Computer vision; Image processing and medical imaging, with an emphasis on biomedical image analysis
Evans, Suzanne
Research Interests:Breast cancer; Gynecologic cancers; Maximizing therapeutic ratio; Dosimetric prediction and prevention of toxicity; Patient communication
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-1630
Hansen, James
- Appt:(203) 789-3131
Hetherington, Hoby
Research Interests:High field methods and hardware for magnetic resonance imaging; human brain; metabolism and dysfunction in epilepsy; magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
- Office:(203) 785-4816
- Lab:(203) 785-4812
Higgins, Susan
Research Interests:General radiation therapy; radiation techniques; gynecologic cancer; cervical cancer; vulvar cancer; ovarian cancer; vaginal cancer; uterine cancer; breast cancer; herbal medicines; complementary medicine; gamma knife radiosurgery; brain metastases; intracavitary brachytherapy; interstitial brachytherapy
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-2100
Jensen, Ryan
Research Interests:Cancer biology; DNA repair; BRCA2; DNA damage signaling; Genomic instability
- Office:(203) 737-6456
King, Megan
Research Interests:microtubules; nucleus; nuclear envelope; DNA repair; cellular mechanics; telomere biology
- Office:(203) 737-4628
Liu, Wu
Research Interests:Image guided radiotherapy; Tumor motion monitoring and management; Dose reconstruction; Medical image analysis; Ultrasound parametric imaging
Low, K Brooks, Jr
Research Interests:DNA molecule recombination in vivo, relationship of recombination and DNA damage; use of bacteria to diagnose and treat cancer; starvation and mutagenesis
Mani, Sheida
Research Interests:Study of etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Northeastern Iran
- Office:(203) 785-5175
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Moran, Meena
Research Interests:Breast Cancer; Early stage breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Prostate cancer; Pelvic malignancies
- Office:(203) 785-6384
- Appt:(860) 892-2777
Nath, Ravinder
Research Interests:Radiation Oncology Physics; Dose calculations; Dosimetry measurements and delivery techniques; Brachytherapy sources and Physics; Radiation devices; Tumor and normal tissue imaging; Radiation Biology
Patel, Abhijit
Research Interests:Circulating tumor-derived DNA; Next-generation sequencing; Selection of nucleic acids from combinatorial libraries
- Office:(203) 785-2971
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Peschel, Richard
Research Interests:Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Prostate cancer; Prostate implant; Prostate specific antigen; Radiation therapy
- Office:(203) 785-2958
- Appt:(203) 384-6610
Roberts, Kenneth
Research Interests:Cervix cancer and hypoxic cell cytotoxins; Brachytherapy; Pediatric malignancies; Hodgkin's disease; Health services research
- Office:(203) 785-2957
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Rockwell, Sara
Research Interests:Microenvironmental heterogeneity in solid tumors; Experimental cancer therapy; Biological effects of ionizing radiation; Effects of hypoxia and low pH
- Office:(203) 785-2963
- Lab:(203) 785-2964
Rogers, Faye
Research Interests:Breast cancer; Drug design; Altered helical structures; Cancer and genomic instability; DNA repair and apoptosis
Schulam, Peter
Research Interests:minimally invasive surgery; laparoscopic surgery; living kidney donor surgery
- Appt:(203) 737-7916
Son, Yung
Research Interests:Therapeutic gain factor with combination of low dose rate radiation and external beam radiation in all sites, radiation sensitization with chemical modulator in clinical application
- Office:(203) 785-2961
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Sung, Patrick
Research Interests:Repair of DNA double-strand breaks; repair by homologous recombination; repair by DNA end-joining
- Office:(203) 785-4553
- Lab:(203) 785-4569
Sweasy, Joann
Research Interests:Genome Stability; Mutagenesis; DNA Replication; DNA Repair; Carcinogenesis
Weidhaas, Joanne
Research Interests:MicroRNAs; Genetics; Radiation and chemotherapy resistance
- Office:(203) 737-2165
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Wilson, Lynn
Research Interests:Cutaneous Lymphoma; Lung cancer; Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy
- Office:(203) 785-2959
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Wolin, Sandra
Research Interests:noncoding RNAs; RNA surveillance, RNA damage; autoimmune disease; environmental stress
- Office:(203) 737-4439
- Lab:(203) 737-4426
Yu, James
Research Interests:Genitourinary cancers; central nervous system cancers; breast cancer; head and neck cancer; IMRT; health outcomes and utilization research
- Office:(203) 785-5703
- Appt:(203) 688-4344
Yun, Zhong
Research Interests:Molecular and cancer biology; Stem cell biology, hypoxia; microRNA, tumor microenvironment; Obesity and metabolic syndromes
