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Portal Leads
Patient-Derived Xenograft Core
Academic Director: Michael Lewis, Ph.D.
Director: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
CPRIT Grant Project Manager
Lead: Anadulce Hernandez-Herrera, Ph.D.
Advanced Technology Cores

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
Genomic Data Coordinator
Lead: Ram Rajaram Srinivasan, MS
Advanced Technology Cores

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
Program Contributors
Bladder PDX Program
1 Contributor
Bladder PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Bladder PDX Program
Lead: Seth P. Lerner, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor
Beth and Dave Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology
Web: Bladder Cancer Translational Research Center
Address: Scott Department of Urology
7200 Cambridge Street | Suite 10C
Houston, TX 77030
Email: BladderCan@bcm.edu
Breast PDX Program
4 Contributors
Breast PDX Program - 4 Contributors
BCM Breast PDX Program
Lead: Michael Lewis, Ph.D.
Co-lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
Huntsman Breast PDX Program
Lead: Alana L. Welm, Ph.D.
Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Senior Director of Basic Science
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Professor, Dept. of Oncological Sciences
University of Utah
2000 Circle of Hope Salt Lake City, UT 84112
UHB Breast PDX Program
Lead: Mohamed Bentires-Alj, Ph.D.
Professor
Departement Biomedizin
DBM Hebelstrasse - FG Bentires-Alj
Hebelstrasse 20
4031 Basel
Schweiz
MDA Breast PDX Program
Lead: Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.
Professor
Experimental Radiation Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Address: 6565 MD Anderson Blvd,
Houston TX 77030
Phone: (713) 794-5717
Colorectal PDX Program
1 Contributor
Colorectal PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Colorectal PDX Program
Lead: Anna Capasso, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-lead: Alexander Somma
Department of Oncology
Dell Medical School
Address: 1601 Trinity St., Bldg. B
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 495-5400
Leukemia PDX Program
1 Contributor
Leukemia PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Leukemia PDX Program
Lead: Michele S. Redell, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Co-lead: Alexandra M. Stevens, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Section of Hematology-Oncology
Texas Children's Hospital
Address: 1102 Bates Ave
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (832) 824-4635
Liver PDX Program
1 Contributor
Liver PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Liver PDX Program
Lead: Sarah Woodfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
M.E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Texas Children's Department of Surgery
Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Address: 1102 Bates Ave, Ste. 4601
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (832) 824-4591
Lymphoma PDX Program
1 Contributor
Lymphoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Lymphoma PDX Program
Lead: Michael Lewis, Ph.D.
Co-lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
Lung PDX Program
1 Contributor
Lung PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Lung PDX Program
Lab Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Clinical Lead: Robert Taylor Ripley, M.D., B.S.
Associate Professor
Surgery - General Thoracic
BCM Clinic Hospital Mcnair
Phone: (713) 798-2881
Ovarian PDX Program
1 Contributor
Ovarian PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Ovarian PDX Program
Lab Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Clinical Lead: Jan Sunde, MD
Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Address: 7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1999
Pancreas PDX Program
1 Contributor
Pancreas PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Pancreas PDX Program
Lead: Qizhi Cathy Yao, MD, Ph.D.
Surgeon Collaborators: William E Fisher, MD, FACS
And George Van Buren, II, MD, FACS
Web: Elkins Pancreas Center
Address: Alkek Building for Biomedical Research
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1765
Prostate PDX Program
1 Contributors
Prostate PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Prostate PDX Program
Lead: Salma Kaochar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hematology and Oncology Section
Department of Medicine
Address: One Baylor Plaza
New Alkek, ABBR R404
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1112
Sarcoma PDX Program
1 Contributor
Sarcoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Sarcoma PDX Program
Lead: Nino Rainusso, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Web: Cancer and Hematology Centers
Address: 6701 Fannin St., Ste. 1510.15
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (832) 822-4242