New Mays Cancer Center Members
Mays Cancer Center Annual Report
The Mays Cancer Center is an Organized Research Unit of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. As a National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center, Mays Cancer Center has a formal membership policy in support of the center’s mission to promote interdisciplinary research in cancer-related areas of basic science, clinical research and cancer prevention and control, and to foster the application of the results of that research in the community setting, especially in the South Texas community served by the center. Mays Cancer Center members include those who serve as a principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health research project grant or other equivalent peer-reviewed, cancer-related grant or who are a principal or co-investigator of cancer center clinical trials.
Mays Cancer Center welcomes the following new members from Fiscal Year 2024.
Lily Q. Dong, PhD, Professor, Cellular and Structural Biology
Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program
Elosie Dray, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program
Kimi Kong, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program
Anna Malkova, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program
Hyoung-gon Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and
Research Interests: Regenerative Biology and Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Gary D. Lewis, MD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Dongwen Lyu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Marcela Mazo Canola, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Neelam Mukherjee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Gerardo Rosas, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Saba Shaikh, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program
Simon A. Gayther, PhD, Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Population Science and Prevention Program
Michael Halpern, MD, PhD, Professor, Health Policy and Health Services Administration
Research Interests: Population Science and Prevention Program
Kate Lawrenson, PhD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Interests: Population Science and Prevention Program
Jia Liu, MSN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Research Interests: Population Science and Prevention Program
Yu Luan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Systems and Anatomy
Research Interests: Population Science and Prevention Program
