Category Researcher Spotlight

Craig Portell, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Craig Portell, MD University of Virginia   Dr. Portell, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA), joined UVA’s faculty in order to work with Dr. Michael E. Williams, a Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) Scientific…

David Kurtz, MD

Researcher Spotlight: David Kurtz, MD Stanford University   Dr. Kurtz began his research in lymphoma as a medical student, gaining interest in the growing body of knowledge about lymphoma biology. However, as a resident, Dr. Kurtz was surprised to discover…

Reem Karmali, MD, MS

Researcher Spotlight: Reem Karmali, MD, MS Rush University   Dr. Karmali is an Assistant Professor at Rush University Medical Center. Her LRF Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project investigates a process known as cancer cachexia, a metabolic syndrome that causes…

Carla Casulo, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Carla Casulo, MD Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester   Dr. Casulo became interested in hematology and lymphoma research as a young child. “My mother worked as a hematology and bone marrow technician at a New York City…

Danielle Brander, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Danielle Brander, MD Duke University   Dr. Brander is a second year faculty member in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy at Duke University. Her interests as a research clinician are improving and developing novel therapies…

Goldi Kozloski, PhD

Researcher Spotlight: Goldi Kozloski, PhD Sylvester Cancer Center   Dr. Kozloski is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Sylvester Cancer Center at the University of Miami and a recipient of a 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the Lymphoma Research Foundation…

Jianguo Tao, MD, PhD

Researcher Spotlight: Jianguo Tao, MD, PhD H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute   Though available therapies for lymphoma are becoming increasingly effective at slowing disease progression and prompting remissions, many patients eventually develop drug resistance that allows their disease…

Andre Goy, MD, MS

Researcher Spotlight: Andre Goy, MD, MS John Theurer Cancer Center   Dr. Goy is the Chairman and Director of the John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack, NJ, where he is also Chief of the Division of Lymphoma. At John Theurer,…

Paul Barr, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Paul Barr, MD Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center   Dr. Barr is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Clinical Trials Office for the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester…

Thomas M. Habermann, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Thomas M. Habermann, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester Dr. Thomas Habermann is Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and current Chair-Elect of the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). His career as a lymphoma researcher…