Category Researcher Spotlight

Jonathan Schatz, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Jonathan Schatz, MD University of MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) established its Clinical Investigator Career Development Awards (CDA) to facilitate early career clinical scientists in establishing themselves as independent investigators in lymphoma research.…

Victor Yazbeck, MD, MS

Researcher Spotlight: Victor Yazbeck, MD, MS Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center   Lymphoma patients with relapsed or refractory disease are often resistant to current therapies. Dr. Yazbeck’s LRF Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project is an early phase clinical…

Jason Westin, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Jason Westin, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Westin’s LRF Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project aims to improve the diagnostic and prognostic tools for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. DLBCL patents who do not respond or…

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…

Solomon Graf, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Solomon Graf, MD University of Washington   Dr. Graf is a Senior Fellow at the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. His project for the 2015 LRF Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) studies the novel targeted…

Carla Casulo, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Carla Casulo, MD Wilmot Cancer Insitute, 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 hospital…

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…