Meet the 2023 Lymphoma Scientific Research Mentoring Program Scholars

The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) Lymphoma Scientific Research Mentoring Program (LSRMP) is a first-of-its-kind education and mentoring program for junior scientists who wish to focus on lymphoma and CLL research, whether in the lab or in the clinic.

The primary goal of the LSRMP is to retain its talented participants — called LRF Scholars — in the field of lymphoma by providing mentoring and education programming and fostering research collaboration among expert faculty and grantees.

Led by the 2023 LSRMP Clinical Research co-chairs, Steven Horwitz, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) and Nancy Bartlett, MD (Washington University in St Louis), and Laboratory/Translational Research co-chairs, Laura Pasqualucci, MD (Columbia University) and Michael Green, PhD, MD (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) the new class is boasting translational and clinical researchers pursuing a diverse range of research projects with a goal to improve patient outcomes.

Clinical Research LRF Scholars

Ayushi Chauhan, MD
Stephanie A. Gregory Distinguished Scholar
Augusta University Research Institute, Inc
Research Study: Maintenance Zanubrutinib in Elderly PCNSL unfit for intensive consolidation (MAIZE)
Lymphoma Focus: Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
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Daniel Ermann, MD
The University of Utah
Research Study: Pneumococcal Vaccination Series for Patients with CLL: Can We Prevent Morbidity and Mortality?
Lymphoma Focus: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Julie Erika Haydu, MD, PhD
Runge Lymphoma Project Scholar
Massachusetts General Hospital
Research Study: A Phase 1 Study of CC-99282 and Epcoritamab in Previously Untreated Follicular Lymphoma
Lymphoma Focus: Follicular Lymphoma
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Swetha Kambhampati, MD
Eric Cohen Distinguished Scholar
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Study: Loncastuximab Tesirine and Mosunetuzumab in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Lymphoma Focus: Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
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Christine Ryan, MD
Kanti R. Rai, MD Clinical Scholar
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research Study: Phase 2 Study of Glofitamab in Richter’s Syndrome
Lymphoma Focus: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
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Timothy Voorhees, MD
Schroder Family Scholar
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Research Study: Phase Ib Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Epcoritamab in Relapsed and Refractory PTLD
Lymphoma Focus: Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
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Laboratory/Translational Research LRF Scholars

Ajilan Al Zaki, MD, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Research Study: Imaging Activated Macrophages and Neutrophils in CAR T-Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Using [18F]4FN
Lymphoma Focus: B-cell Lymphomas, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
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Alexander Boardman, MD
Dobosh Family Scholar
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Research Study: Targeting CD24 in Lymphoma with CAR T Cells
Lymphoma Focus: B-cell Lymphomas, Aggressive Lymphomas
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Andrew Jallouk, MD, PhD
Errol M. Cook Memorial Scholar
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Research Study: Tracking and Characterization of Alloreactive T-cells to Improve Allogeneic CAR T-cell Efficacy
Lymphoma Focus: B-cell Lymphomas, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
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Wen-Hsuan Wendy Lin, MD PhD
Columbia University
Research Study: Investigating the mechanistic role of inflammatory signals in peripheral T-cell lymphoma
Lymphoma Focus: Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma
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Erin Parry, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research Study: Richter syndrome: Towards early detection of transformation
Lymphoma Focus: B-cell Lymphomas
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