Richard "Buz" Cooper Scholars

Irfan A. Asangani, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology 

Research Focus: Molecular Mechanisms of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer 

R. Babak Faryabi, MSc, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Research Focus: Role of epigenetic dysregulation in tumor biology 

Fiona Simpkins, MD 

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Research Focus: Targeting CCNE1 Amplified Ovarian Cancers 

Rumela Chakrabarti, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine 

Research Focus: Cancer Stem Cells and Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells in Triple negative Breast Cancer 

Junwei Shi, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology 

Research Focus: Epigenetic Therapy for Liver Cancer 

Jianxin You, PhD 

Associate Professor of Microbiology 

Research Focus: Molecular Events Contributing to BRD4 Oncogenic Activity