Meet the Team
Ashraf Ibrahim
Principal Investigator, Professor of Medicine, Program Director
The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torralnce, CA
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Oversees the entire Research program, leads research into fungal pathobiology
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis
Professor and Robert C Hickey Chair, Director of Clinical Core
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Focus on immune paralysis, non-cellular immunomodulators, manages clinical core.
Vincent Bruno
Professor, Director, Genomics/ Transcriptomics Core
Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland
Provides Genomics and Transcriptomics Support
Scott Filler
Professor of Medicine, Investigator, Co-I on Fungal Pathobiology Project
The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torralnce, CA
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Fungal virulence factors and their interactions with host barrier cells
George Chamilos
IMBB Group Leader, Professor
School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Expert in host metabolic conditions and metabolic host defenses influence the immune system's ability to fight Mucorales
Shakti Singh
Investigator, Assistant Professor
The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torralnce, CA
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
MUCOR-ADVANCE Administrator
Sebastian Wurster
Assistant Professor, Co-I of Translational Immunobiology & Clinical Core
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Translational immunobiology research and management of clinical specimens
Yiyou Gu
Principal Investigator, Fungal Biology
The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
Molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between Mucorales and primary human lung alveolar epithelial cells
Priya Uppuluri
Investigator, Co-I on Fungal Pathobiology
The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torralnce, CA
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Fungal pathobiology and toxin-mediated immune evasion
Teny Mathew John
Assistant Professor, Co-I on Translational Immunobiology Project
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Diagnosis and collection of clinical specimen
Eman Youseff
Research Scientist
The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
Co-PI, Host Biology
Riley Risteen
Research Associate
Institute of Genome Sciences, Baltimore, MD
Researcher at Genomic/Transcriptomic Core
Sanam Dolati
Postdoctoral fellow
The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
Research Fellow
Nawal Abdul-Baki
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Research on Translational Immunobiology
Lubna Rehman
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research on Translational Immunobiology
Lauren Matula
Research Assistant
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Support Translational Immunobiology and clinical core
Jennifer Jackson
Clinical Study Coordinator
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Support clinical core
Samantha Trager
Administrative Director
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Handles patient enrollment, oversees MTAs and other administrative tasks