HIV-associated Lung Malignancy Research Center Key Personnel

, U54 Multi-Principal Investigator (Contact MPI)
Administrative Core; Co-Lead, Project 1
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center 

Stanton L. Gerson, MD, U54 Multi-Principal Investigator
Administrative Core; Project 2
Interim Dean, School of Medicine
Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, National Center for Regenerative Medicine
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, U54 Multi-Principal Investigator
Administrative Core; Co-Lead, Project 1
Director, Makerere University Lung Institute

Sayoki Mfinanga, MD, PhD, U54 Multi-Principal Investigator
Administrative Core; Co-Lead, Developmental Core; Co-Lead, Pathology Core; Co-Investigator, Projects 1, 2 and 3
Director and Chief Research Scientist
National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre  

Afshin Dowlati, MD
Project Co-Lead, Developmental Core 
Professor, Department of Medicine, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Lucile and Robert H Gries Endowed Director, Center for Cancer Drug Development, University Hospitals
Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Disease Team Leader, Lung Cancer and Thoracic Scientific Team, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Pingfu Fu, PhD
Co-Investigator, Project 3
Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
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Amit Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Modality Director, Diagnostic Radiography, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center


Project Co-Lead, Developmental Core
Dean, College of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University


Project Co-Lead, Project 1
Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Harriet Kisembo, MBChB, MMed (Rad), MPH
Co-Lead, Project 3
Clinical Head, Directorate of Diagnostics and Senior Consultant Radiologist, Mulago National Referral Hospital


Co-Lead, Pathology Core
Anatomic Pathologist, Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Project Lead, Project 3
Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director, Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, Case School of Engineering, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Research Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Immaculate Nankya, PhD
Co-Investigator, Project 2
Director, CFAR Molecular Laboratory Core, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½-Uganda Collaboration

Esther Ngadaya, MD 
Tanzanian Administrative Core
Principal Research Scientist 
National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre

Sandra Rwambuya, MPH
Ugandan Administrative Core
Clinical Project Management, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½-Uganda Collaboration

Navid Sadri, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator, Project 2
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Chief, Division of Genomics and Molecular Pathology; Medical Director, Translational Laboratory, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Fredrick Schumacher, PhD, MPH
Co-Investigator, Project 1
Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
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Joseph Willis, MD
Project Co-Lead, Pathology Core
Professor, Department of Pathology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Vice Chairman of Pathology, Clinical Affairs, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center