Lab Manager

Jennifer Sturgis

B.S. Purdue University

Role: Keeps the lab from burning down

Graduate students

Solomon Otchere, PharmD

PharmD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Project: Selective targeting of RING1 paralogs in neuroblastoma

Abhishek Wahi

B.S Pharmacy, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University

Project: Decoding epigenetic pathways underlying drug tolerance and persistence in pediatric solid tumors

Xiaochen Zhang, MS

B.S. Pharmacy, Zhengzhou university; M.S. Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, USC

Project: Defining mechanisms underlying GD2 regulation in Ewing sarcoma

Emily Cmarik

B.S., pharmaceutical sciences,Purdue University

Project: Evaluating therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma

Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Infinite Love Young Investigator

Cure Childhood Cancer early investigator

Education

PharmD, 2014 , Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy

PhD, Pharmacology, 2019, Duke University Graduate School

Postdoc / Instructor, Pediatric oncology, 2019-2024, Stegmaier lab, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Nehemiah Boyd

B.S. student, neurobiology & physiology, College of Science

Project: Discern epigenetic combinatorial therapies that selectively eradicate neuroblastoma cells.

Venessa Cook

B.S. student, pharmaceutical sciences, College of Pharmacy

Project: Defining mechanism of action for clinical small molecule inhibitors in neuroblastoma

Adriana Garcia

B.S. student, Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences

Project: Identify therapeutic combinations in Ewing sarcoma

Ishika Kanjerla

B.S. student, Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences

Project: Identify new therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma