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Lindsay G. Cowell, PhD, Salvatore LoCoco, MD, Elena Lucas, MD & Nancy L. Monson, PhD

Lindsay G. Cowell, PhD, Salvatore LoCoco, MD, Elena Lucas, MD & Nancy L. Monson, PhD

Project Title: “Leveraging Cancer-Associated T cell Responses for the Early Detection of High-Grade Serous Carcinoma of Tubo-Ovarian Origin (HGSC)”

Dr. Cowell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and is an expert in bioinformatics and immunology with extensive experience studying immune repertoires. Dr. LoCoco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a surgeon with a specialty in gynecologic malignancies. Dr. Lucas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and jointly serves as Surgical Pathology Medical Director at Parkland Health and Hospital System and as Associate Residency Director for Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Pathology at UT Southwestern. Dr. Monson is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Immunology and directs the biorepository for the Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD, Samuel C. Mok, PhD & Deepak Nagrath, PhD

Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD, Samuel C. Mok, PhD & Deepak Nagrath, PhD

Project Title: “Targeting Glutamine in Ovarian Cancer Prevention”

Dr. Ferri-Borgogno is an Instructor in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Mok is a Professor in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Nagrath is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Andrew K. Godwin, PhD & Steven Soper, PhD

Andrew K. Godwin, PhD & Steven Soper, PhD

Project Title: “Liquid Biopsy using Tumor Specific Extracellular Vesicles for the Early Detection of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer”

Dr. Godwin is the Chancellors Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, Endowed Professor, and Director of Molecular Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Kansas Medical Center. In the fall of 2019, Dr. Godwin was named the recipient of the Dolph Simons Award in the Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Soper is a Foundation Distinguished Professor at The University of Kansas and holds joint appointments in the Departments of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering.

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Chuan He, PhD, Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD & Melanie Weigert, PhD

Chuan He, PhD, Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD & Melanie Weigert, PhD

Project Title: “Multimodal, plasma-based biomarkers for ovarian cancer detection”

Dr. He is a chemical biologist and the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Dr. Lengyel is an Arthur L. and Lee G. Herbst Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Chicago. Dr. Weigert is a Staff Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago.

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Angela Belcher, PhD, Lan Coffman, MD, PhD & Kripa K. Varanasi, PhD

Angela Belcher, PhD, Lan Coffman, MD, PhD & Kripa K. Varanasi, PhD

Project Title: “Investigating Physico-Chemical Properties of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells as Biophysical Markers for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancers”

Dr. Belcher is the James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering, Materials Science and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT and the head of the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. Dr. Coffman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh with dual appointments in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Division of Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. Varanasi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

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