{"id":2750,"date":"2025-07-28T20:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:43:08","slug":"new-mays-cancer-center-members-fy24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/cancer-center\/2025\/07\/28\/new-mays-cancer-center-members-fy24\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mays Cancer Center Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #a54d2e\">Mays Cancer Center welcomes the following new members from Fiscal Year 2024.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lily Q. Dong<\/strong>, PhD, Professor, Cellular and Structural Biology<br \/>\n<em>Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elosie Dray<\/strong>, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology<br \/>\n<em>Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimi Kong<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology<br \/>\n<em>Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Malkova<\/strong>, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Structural Biology<br \/>\n<em>Research Interests: Cancer Development and Progression Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyoung-gon Lee<\/strong>, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and<br \/>\n<em>Research Interests: Regenerative Biology and Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary D. 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