Oncology Fellowship

Gynecologic Oncology Fellow Research

Thesis title:  Exploring the mechanisms of resistance to Trastuzumab deruxtecan in endometrial cancer.

 

Former Fellows

Fellow Thesis Thesis Mentor Current Institution

Ina Jani, MD

2022-2025

Examine the effects of progestin and vitamin D on the antioxidant gene pathway in a fallopian tube model of ovarian cancer.   Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center

Rahul Krishnan, MD 

2021-2024

Spatial multi-omics characterize the transition from borderline ovarian tumors to low-grade serous ovarian cancer Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD Northwestern Medicine

Sarah Ackroyd, MD

2020-2023

Pembrolizumab and Lenvatinib versus Carboplatin and Paclitaxel as first line therapy for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer:  A Markov Analysis Elbert Huang, MD and Nita Lee, MD, MPH The University of Chicago

Melissa Javellana, MD

2019-2022

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Induces Genomic and Transcriptomic Changes in Ovarian Cancer Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD The University of Kansas Medical Center

Raanan Alter, MD

2018-2021

Strategies to reverse immunosuppression in PTEN deficient gynecologic cancers by tumor cell intrinsic STING/IFN-B signaling Akash Patnaik, MD Northwestern Medicine

Isabel Lazo, MD

2017-2020

Profiling metabolite changes in the ovarian cancer secretome and its impact on alterations in human primary mesothelial cells

Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD

Hilary Kenny, PhD

Olive View UCLA Medical Center

Claire Hoppenot, MD, PhD

2016-2019

Genomics and proteomics of long-term survivors of advanced-stage high-grade serous ovarian cancer Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine

Jerlinda Ross, MD, MS

2015-2018

Endometrial Cancer Survivor’s Access to Recommended Self-Care Resources for Obesity in a High-Poverty Urban Community

Stacy Lindau, MD, MAPP
Diane Yamada, MD

Nita Lee, MD, MPH

Medical University of South Carolina

Josephine Kim, MD

2014-2017

Combination simvastatin/metformin for endometrial cancer treatment and prevention Gustavo Rodriguez, MD City of Hope

Terri Febbraro, MD

2013-2016

Inhibition of BI integrin impedes ovarian cancer metastasis via redirection in lactate production resulting in decreased proliferation, angiogenesis and cancer stem cell population Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD MaineHealth Medical Center

Andrea Jewel, MD

2012-2015

MicroRNA 206 is associated with longer overall survival and platinum sensitivity in serous epithelial ovarian cancer Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD The University of Kansas Health System

Andras Ladyani, MD

2011-2014

Expression of fatty acid transporters in ovarian cancer Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD Rush University Medical Center

Jessica Hunn, MD

2011-2014

Developing an effective pharmacologic approach for the chemoprevention of ovarian and uterine cancer Gustavo Rodriguez, MD Valley Women’s Health