Announcements
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Department of Oncology
Natalie Hoy, Ph.D. Candidate
“Socio-Environmental Exposures and Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes and Tumor Biology in Metropolitan Detroit”
Mentor: Kristen Purrington, Ph.D., MPH
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
at 10:00 AM
Wertz Auditorium, Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd Floor
(Or via Zoom)
https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/93472451273?pwd=gxe7xYWVaGQkVteJzRaPmaz7YoT94W.1
Meeting ID: 934 7245 1273 Passcode: 830527
Congratulations Madison Wicker for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis
"Molecular Determinants Governing Cellular Identity in Triple-Negative Mammary Cancers"
Mentor: Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph.D.
Congratulations Joseph Lundgren for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
"CHARACTERIZING THE METASTASIS-SUPPRESSIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE
CELL-SURFACE SERINE PROTEASE PROSTASIN IN BREAST CANCER"
Mentor: Karin List, Ph.D.
Congratulations Mathew Schneider for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
“Pharmacodynamic Determinants of Activity for Serine
Hydroxymethyltransferase Targeted Agents
Mentor: Larry Matherly, Ph.D.
Congratulations Aaron Lotvola for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
“Identification and Characterization of the ABHD5-cMYC Regulatory Axis:
Implication in Prostate Cancer Biology"
Mentor: Jian Wang, MD/PhD
Congratulations Alexis Wilson for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
“The Role of Adipocyte-Induced Stress in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Progression in Bone”
Mentor: Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D.
Congratulations Rayane Dennaoui for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
“Compensatory roles of JAKs and STATs in mammary gland development and breast cancer”
Mentor: Kay-Uwe Wagner Ph.D.
Congratulations Jugmohit Toor for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis.
“Harnessing Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells for Cancer Immunotherapy”
Committee Chair, Mentor, & Advisor: Qing-Sheng Mi, M.D./Ph.D.
Committee Co-Chair: Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph.D.
Congratulation Agnes Malysa for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis
“Interaction of the Regulatory Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase with Minichromosome Maintenance Complexes Regulate Cell Growth"
Mentor: Gerold Bepler M.D./Ph.D.
Co-Mentor: Manohar Ratnam Ph.D.
Congratulations Jacob Lindquist for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis
“DNA Polymerase Beta Mutations Induce Platinum Specific Sensitivity”
Mentor: Stephan Patrick Ph.D.
Congratulations Peter Dimitrion on successfully defending your PhD dissertation.
“Epigenetic Regulation of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Pathophysiology and Microenvironment by HDAC3”
Mentor: Qing-Sheng Mi M.D./Ph.D.
