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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

Portal Programs

Bladder PDX Program

1 Program

Bladder PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Bladder PDX Program

Lead: Seth Lerner M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor - Beth and Dave Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology
Web: BCM Bladder PDX Program
Address: 7200 Cambridge Street | Suite 10C, Houston, TX 77030
Email: bladdercan@bcm.edu

Brain PDX Program

2 Program

Brain PDX Program - 2 Contributors

Childhood Cancer Repository at Texas Tech

Lead: Patrick Reynolds M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Web: Childhood Cancer Repository at Texas Tech
Email: patrick.reynolds@ttuhsc.edu

BCM Adult Brain PDX Program

Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki M.T., M.S.
Lab Lead
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email: dobrolec@bcm.edu

Breast PDX Program

4 Program

Breast PDX Program - 4 Contributors

HCI Breast PDX Program

Lead: Alana Welm Ph.D.
Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed; Chair in Cancer Research; Senior Director of Basic Science
Address: 2000 Circle of Hope Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Email: Alana.Welm@hci.utah.edu

UHB Breast PDX Program

Lead: Mohamed Bentires-Alj Ph.D.
Professor - Department Biomedizin
Address: 4031 Basel, Switzerland
Email: m.bentires-alj@unibas.ch

MDA Breast PDX Program

Lead: Helen Piwnica-Worms Ph.D.
Professor - Experimental Radiation Oncology
Address: 6565 MD Anderson Blvd, Houston TX, 77030
Email: hpiwnica-worms@mdanderson.org

BCM Breast PDX Program

Lead: Michael Lewis Ph.D.
Co-lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email: mtlewis@bcm.edu

Colorectal PDX Program

1 Program

Colorectal PDX Program - 1 Contributor

UTA Colorectal PDX Program

Lead: Anna Capasso M.D., Ph.D.
Co-lead: Alexander Somma
Department of Oncology
Address: 1601 Trinity St., Bldg. B, Austin, TX 78712
Email: anna.capasso@austin.utexas.edu

Gyn Onc PDX Program

1 Program

Ovarian PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Gynecological PDX Program

Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki M.T., M.S.
Clinical Lead: Jan Sunde, M.D.
Lab Lead
Address: 7200 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77030
Email: dobrolec@bcm.edu

Leukemia PDX Program

1 Program

Leukemia PDX Program - 1 Contributor

TCH Leukemia PDX Program

Lead: Alexandra Stevens M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics
Address: 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030
Email: amsteven@texaschildrens.org

Liver PDX Program

1 Program

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
Address: 1102 Bates Ave, Ste. 4601, Houston, TX 77030
Email: sewoodfi@texaschildrens.org

Lung PDX Program

1 Program

Lung PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Lung PDX Program

Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki M.T., M.S.
Clinical Lead: Robert Taylor Ripley, M.D., B.S.
Lab Lead
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email: dobrolec@bcm.edu

Lymphoma PDX Program

1 Program

Lymphoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Lymphoma PDX Program

Lead: Michael Lewis Ph.D.
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email: mtlewis@bcm.edu

Pancreas PDX Program

1 Program

Pancreas PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Pancreas PDX Program

Lead: Qizhi Cathy Yao M.D., Ph.D.
Surgeon Collaborators: William E. Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S., and George Van Buren, I.I., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Web: BCM Pancreas PDX Program
Address: One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
Email: qizhiyao@bcm.edu

Prostate PDX Program

1 Program

Prostate PDX Program - 1 Contributor

BCM Prostate PDX Program

Lead: Salma Kaochar
Email: Salma.Kaochar@bcm.edu

Sarcoma PDX Program

1 Program

Sarcoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor

TCH Sarcoma PDX Program

Lead: Nino Rainusso
Email: ncrainuss@texaschildrens.org