Category Researcher Spotlight

Gita Thanarajasingam, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Gita Thanarajasingam, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester   Dr. Thanarajasingam’s LCRMP project proposes a new way of looking at side effects (toxicity) of lymphoma therapies. Many standard lymphoma treatment plans now include therapies that are taken continuously over long…

Alex Herrera, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Alex Herrera, MD Beckman Research Institute at the City of Hope   Dr. Herrera’s project for the Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) tests a combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and vorinostat (Zolinza), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDAC), in…

Natalie Galanina, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Natalie Galanina, MD The University of Chicago   Though ibrutinib (Imbruvica) has helped a large number of lymphoma patients, many patients treated with ibrutinib eventually develop a resistance to the therapy and relapse. Dr. Galanina’s Lymphoma Clinical Research…

Connie Batlevi, MD, PhD

Researcher Spotlight: Connie Batlevi, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center   Dr. Batlevi’s Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project seeks to capitalize on the success of two classes of novel targeted therapies that have shown effectiveness in lymphoma…

Lapo Alinari, MD, PhD

Researcher Spotlight: Lapo Alinari, MD, PhD The Ohio State University   Dr. Alinari’s Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project investigates the combination of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and nivolumab (Opdivo) in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients. Nivolumab, a PD-1…

Sean M. Post, PhD

Researcher Spotlight: Sean M. Post, PhD The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center   Dr. Sean M. Post is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and a recipient of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s…

Ashley D. Staton, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Ashley D. Staton, MD Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University   Dr. Staton is Chief Hematology and Oncology Fellow at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University. Her Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project focuses on improving survival of patients…

Jacob Soumerai, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Jacob Soumerai, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center   Dr. Soumerai is a doctor at of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. His Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Project (LCRMP) will test BGB-3111 and ME-401 as a combination therapy in…

Sarah Rutherford, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Sarah Rutherford, MD Weill Cornell Medicine   Dr. Rutherford is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project seeks to use imaging to tailor treatment plans for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)…

Neha Mehta-Shah, MD

Researcher Spotlight: Neha Mehta-Shah, MD Washington University in Saint Louis   Dr. Mehta-Shah is Assistant Professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. Her Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project seeks to develop a method for…