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Principal Investigator

Professor & Chair, Ad Interim
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Phone: 713-563-9840
Email: EVilar@MDAnderson.org

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Fahriye Duzagac, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2021¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-564-6245
Email: FDuzagac@MDAnderson.org

Abel Martel Martel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2023¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-563-9840
Email: AJMartel@MDAnderson.org

Biostatistical Support

Nan Deng, Ph.D.
Data Scientist
2020¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-745-7332
Email: NDeng1@MDAnderson.org

Trainees

Supriya Nagaruju
Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate
Â鶹ӳ»­ MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
2023¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Email: SNagaraju@MDAnderson.org

Jinling Wang
M.S. Candidate, Diagnostic Genetics Program
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions
2023¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Email: JWang52@MDAnderson.org

Omar Hayat
M.S. Candidate, Diagnostic Genetics Program
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions
2025¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Email: OHayat@MDAnderson.org

Research Staff

Krishna Sinha, Ph.D.
Sr Research Project Manager
2019¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-794-3881 
Email: KSinha@MDAnderson.org

Jacklyn Thompson, M.S.
Sr Research Assistant
2023¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-745-6996
Email: JVThompson1@MDAnderson.org

Mahira Zaheer, B.S.
Research Laboratory Coordinator
2021¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-563-9840
Email: MAZaheer@MDAnderson.org

Cancer Genetics

Maureen M. Mork, B.S., CGC
Genetic Counselor
2013¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù&²Ô²ú²õ±è;
MEMork@MDAnderson.org

Administrative Personnel

Karen Colbert, B.S., M.B.A
Scientific Project Director
2021-present
Phone: 713-563-5387
Email: KLColbert@MDAnderson.org

Jennifer Kinnison, B.S.
Admin Director, Research Programs
2015¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-563-2756
Email: JLKinnison@MDAnderson.org

Vanessa Rangel
Executive Assistant
2024¨C±è°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù
Phone: 713-794-4531
Email: VRRangel@MDAnderson.org

Charles (Chase) Bowen, B.S., M.D.
Sr Research Assistant; Medical School Student
2019¨C2025

Ana Maria Bolivar, M.S. 
Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate
2018-2025

Laura Reyes, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2017¨C2023

Wenhui (Wendy) Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Computational Scientist
2018¨C2022

Reagan Barnett, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2016¨C2017

Kara M. Calhoun, B.S.
M.D./M.P.H. Candidate
2013¨C2016

F. Anthony San-Lucas, B.S. (co-mentored with Paul Scheet, Ph.D.)
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program
2012¨C2014