Meet Your Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Research Program
SCCB Program Leaders
Get to know the experts who direct the SCCB Program. These dedicated leaders help steer our investigators’ efforts to develop new cellular-based strategies and discoveries for preventing cancer.
Kira Gritsman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Oncology (Medical Oncology)
Britta Will, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Oncology (Medical Oncology)
SCCB Program Members
Our multidisciplinary and highly collaborative group includes cancer biologists, stem cell scientists, and other bench and clinical investigators from myriad specialties. Their diverse expertise and input help translate new scientific discoveries into actionable knowledge that can help improve the care of people with cancer in our Bronx catchment area and beyond.
Esperanza Arias-Perez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Hepatology)
Leonard H. Augenlicht, PhD
Professor, Department of Oncology (Medical Oncology)
Nicholas E. Baker, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Eric E. Bouhassira, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Teresa V. Bowman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Hannes E. Buelow, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Dongsheng Cai, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Roger L. Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems & Computational Biology
Robert A. Coleman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Winfried Edelmann, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Ellen M. Fraint, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dmitry Fyodorov, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Matthew J. Gamble, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Harris Goldstein, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John M. Greally, MD
Director, Center for Epigenomics
Jean M. Hebert, PhD
Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Derek M. Huffman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Andreas Jenny, PhD
Professor, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Irwin J. Kurland, MD, Phd
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Lindsay M. LaFave, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Satish K. Nandakumar, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Pabitra K. Parua, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Jeffrey E. Pessin, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Charles C. Query, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Matthew D. Scharff, MD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Carl L. Schildkraut, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Julie Secombe, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
David Shechter, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Robert H. Singer, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Arthur I. Skoultchi, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
E. Richard Stanley, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology
Pamela Stanley, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Ulrich G. Steidl, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, and Associate Director for Basic Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kristy R. Stengel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Amit K. Verma, MD
Associate Director, Translational Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jan Vijg, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Ian Willis, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
B. Hilda Ye, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology