Lab Members


Principal Investigator

Warren S. Pear, MD, PhD

Warren S. Pear, MD, PhD

Gaylord P. and Mary Louise Harnwell Professor
 wpear@pennmedicine.upenn.edu


Current Lab Personnel

Lanwei Xu, MD

Lanwei Xu, MD

Lab Manager
 lanxu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Suzi McClory, MD, PhD

Suzi McClory, MD, PhD

Instructor, Pediatric Oncology
 susan.mcclory@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Mayassa Bou-Dargham, PhD

Mayassa Bou-Dargham, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
 mayassa.dargham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Wu Zhang, PhD

Wu Zhang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
 wu.zhang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Oishi Bardhan

Oishi Bardhan

Research Specialist
 oishi.bardhan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hui Qi Loo

Hui Qi Loo

Research Specialist
 huiqi.loo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu


Predoctoral Alumni

Kelly Rome, PhD

Kelly Rome, PhD

Graduate Student
 kproimos@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Title of Research Project: "Tribbles in T cell immunity"

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bailis Lab at the Children's Hospital of Philadephia

Ethan Mack, PhD

Ethan Mack, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "Tribbles in myelopoiesis"

Current Position: Physician-Scientist Resident in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

 

Priya H. Dedhia, MD, PhD

Priya H. Dedhia, MD, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: Tribbles in leukemia

Current Position: Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Will Bailis, PhD

Will Bailis, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "Notch and helper T cells"

Current Position: Allen Distinguished Investigator and Assistant Professor of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute

Dawson Gerhardt, PhD

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Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "Notch and helper T cells"

Current Position: Precision Medicine Scientist, Novartis

Terry C Fang, PhD

Terry C Fang, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "Notch signaling in T cell development"

Current Position: Principal Scientist, Genetic & Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Biogen

Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD

Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "BCR/ABL and Cell Adhesion"

Current Position: Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of (Transplant) Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine

Yiping He, PhD

Yiping He, PhD

Graduate Student

Title of Research Project: "Notch signaling in leukemia"

Current Position: Associate Professor of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine


Postdoctoral Alumni

Jelena Petrovic, PhD

Jelena Petrovic, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Transcription al regulation of Myc in normal and neoplastic T cells"

Current Position: Principal Scientific Researcher, Genentech 

Sarah Stein, PhD

Sarah Stein, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Tribbles in AML"

Current Position: Principal Scientist, Oncology Translational Research - Hematopoietic Malignancies, Janssen Prharmaceuticals

Brandon Kremer, MD, PhD

Brandon Kremer, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project:  "Notch signaling in human malignancy"

Current Position: Director of Clinical Development, GSK, Philadelphia

Kostandin Pajcini, PhD

Kostandin Pajcini, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch signaling in hematopoietic stem cells"

Current Position: Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Sudeshna Dutta, PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Identifying Notch Signature in T-ALL"

Current Position: Regulatory Affairs Specialist, BIOTRONIK, Lake Oswego, OR

Hudan Liu, PhD

Hudan Liu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Functional Analysis of Notch Transcriptional Targets in Lymphocyte differentiation and transformation"

Current Position: Professor and Principal Investigator, Wuhan University, China

Yumi Ohtani, PhD

Yumi Ohtani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Control of Notch transcription"

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Carisma Therapeutics

Takuya Ohtani, PhD

Takuya Ohtani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch signaling: in endothelial development"

Current Position: Senior Research Investigator and Director of CyTOF Core, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Mark Chiang, MD, PhD

Mark Chiang, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Role in Notch in T-ALL"

Current Position: Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine

Margarida I. Albuquerque Almeida Santos, PhD

Margarida I. Albuquerque Almeida Santos, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch in B Cells"

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Epigenetics & Mol Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 

Karen Keeshan, PhD

Karen Keeshan, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Tribbles and leukemia"

Current Position: Reader (Associate Professor) at Paul O'Gormon Leukemia Research Center, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD

Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch and hematopoietic stem cells"

Current Position: Vice-Chief of Research & Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Patrick Zweidler-McKay, MD, PhD

Patrick Zweidler-McKay, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Therapeutic uses of Notch signaling"

Current Position: Senior Medical Director for hematologic and solid tumors at Immunogen, Waltham, MA

John Millholland, PhD

John Millholland, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch transcriptional targets"

Current Position: Director of Novartis Oncology

LiLi Tu, PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Title of Research Project: "Notch signaling in immune development"

Current Position: Assistant Professor Wenzhou Medical College, China


Current Research Collaborators

Dr. Babak Faryabi

Dr. Babak Faryabi

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 faryabi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 Dr. Babak Faryabi Website

Dr. Martha Jordan, Ph.D

Dr. Martha Jordan, Ph.D

Research Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 jordanm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 Dr. Martha Jordan, Ph.D Website