Stephen Lee PhD
/faculty/stephen-lee-phdThe laboratory studies mechanisms involved in the cellular adaptation to the adverse environmental conditions commonly found within the tumor microenvironment (hypoxia and extracellular acidosis). The
Wael ElRifai MD PhD
/faculty/wael-elrifai-md-phdDr. Wael El-Rifai is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as well as the Associate Director of Basic Science and Co-Leader of the T
Sandra Merscher PhD
/faculty/sandra-merscher-phdDr. Merscher obtained her Ph.D. degree in Human Genetics from the University of Saarland, Saarbrucken, Germany. For her postdoctoral fellowship, she joined Dr. Raju Kucherlapati’s Laboratory in the De
Stephan Christoph Schuerer
/faculty/stephan-c-schrer-phdDr. Schürer studied chemistry at Humboldt University of Berlin and University of California Berkeley. Following his PhD from the Technical University Berlin, he built and directed the international op
Tasuku Akiyama
/faculty/tasuku-akiyama-phdTasuku Akiyama, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Toy
Taghrid Asfar
/faculty/taghrid-asfar-md-msphTaghrid Asfar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, and a Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center member. Dr. Asfar
Zheng Chen MD PhD
/faculty/zheng-chen-md-phdI am currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami, with a long-term research goal focused on understanding the tumorigenesis of human esophageal and gastric cancers. My aim is to develo
Maria L Alcaide MD
/faculty/maria-l-alcaide-mdDr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases physician scientist, faculty member of the University of Miami for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a clinician and researcher, Dr. Alcaide has provided sc