Announcements
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Department of Oncology
Alexis Wilson
“The Role of Adipocyte-Induced Stress in
Metastatic Prostate Cancer Progression in
Bone”
Mentor: Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D.
Friday, August 29th, 2025 at 11:00 APM
Wertz Auditorium, Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd Floor
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.
13th Annual Cancer Biology Graduate Research Symposium
Award Winners - Oral Presentation
1st Place Tie - Alexis Wilson & Mathew Schneider
Poster Presentation
1st - Agnes Malysa
2nd - Rayane Dennaoui
3rd - Sanjeev Ganesh
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.
12th Annual Cancer Biology Graduate Research Symposium
Award Winners - Oral Presentation
1st - Jacob Lindquist
2nd - Rayane Dennaoui
Poster Presentation
1st - Mathew Scheneider
2nd - Madison Wicker
3rd - Peter Dimitrion/Holly McQuithey
Congratulations Julio M Pimetel
2023 Leonard N. Simons Award for Exemplary Research and Scholarly Achievement
11th Annual Cancer Biology Graduate Research Symposium & Simons Award Winner - Carly E Martin
Master's and doctorate graduates celebrate personal and professional journeys at in-person commencement ceremony - School of Medicine News - Wayne State University
Congratulations Adrianne C. Wallace-Povirk
2021 Leonard N. Simons Award for Exemplary Research and Scholarly Achievement
MASTER OF SCIENCE in CANCER BIOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ONCOLOGY)