Archives: Professionals

Yu Zhang, PhD

Post doctoral fellow

Caroline Riedstra, PhD student

PhD student
Email: dxd9hs@virginia.edu

“I am interested in mechanisms of perivascular invasion by cancer cells in the brain and other organ microenvironments.”

Jingwen (Wendy) Hu, PhD student

PhD student
Email: jh5ms@virginia.edu

“I am studying blood vessel heterogeneity in solid tumors and draining lymph nodes using models of glioma.”

James McCann, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Sarah-Wang

Sarah Wang, MSTP Student

MSTP Student
Email: scw5dn@virginia.edu

“I am focused on interactions between brain tropic melanoma cells and the vasculature. I am studying how cancer cells utilize vascular-derived factors to invade and spread along the surface of brain blood vessels.”

Amber Liu

Amber Liu

Undergraduate Researcher

Jamie Null

Jamie Null, PhD Student

PhD Student
Email: jln5me@virginia.edu

“My research focuses on cancer-associated fibroblast (CAFs) heterogeneity in solid tumors. I use a lineage tracing mouse model that allows us to study the spatial and temporal distribution of CAF subtypes and their progeny and their association with the vasculature in the tumor microenvironment.”

Lin Xiao, PhD

Former Graduate Student