Our Team

Steven M. Albelda, M.D.

Dr. Albelda’s clinical interest are primarily in thoracic oncology and his research interest are focused on the molecular mechanisms of inflammation and cell adhesion and on developing novel approaches to the treatment of lung and chest wall cancers.

E-mail: albelda@mail.med.upenn.edu

Dr. Vachani works on several translational research  projects evaluating biomarkers for early detection and prognosis in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Ph.D.           

Dr. Christofidou’s recent work extends to the use of dietary alternative  antioxidant agents such as curcumin, flaxseed or phenolic compounds in ameliorating acute and chronic oxidative lung disease.

Jing Sun, M.D.     

Dr. Sun is from a multi-disciplinary translational research group focused on the development of novel immuno-gene therapies for cancer.   

Sunil Singhal, M.D.

Sunil is focusing on the design of new treatment strategies for lung cancer, esophageal cancer and mesothelioma based on the rapidly evolving disciplines of molecular biology, immunotherapy, and gene therapy.

E-mail: avachani@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: melpo@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: jingsun@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: sunil.singhal@uphs.upenn.edu

Thoracic Oncology Research Laboratory

Anil Vachani, M.D.             

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Gregorio Fridlender, Ph.D.

Dr. Crisanti's scientific interests are in lung cancer biology and cancer stem cells and in discovering novel approaches for the treatment of lung cancer.

E-mail: veena2@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: gfrid@mail.med.upenn.edu

ccrisanti@mail.med.upenn.edu       

M. Cecilia Crisanti, M.D.   

Veena Kapoor

Veena has been with the Albelda Laboratory for over 15 years,  she works closely with the fellows’ research projects.

Dr. Fridlender has been with the Albelda laboratory for over 2 years.

Jenny Arguiri

Nilam Mangalmurti, M.D.

E-mail: nspatel@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: evguenia@mail.med.upenn.edu

E-mail: Edmund.Moon@uphs.upenn.edu

Liang-Chaun “Steve” Wang

E-mail: wanli@mail.med.upenn.edu

Alan Wanicur  E-mail: alwanic29@comcast.net

Aaron Blouin  E-mail: aaron.blouin@gmail.com

Floyd Dukes  E-mail: fdukes@mail.med.upenn.edu   

Lou Aliperti  E-mail: alou@sas.upenn.edu

Edmund Moon, M.D.

Laboratory Technicians

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E-mail: guanjun@mail.med.upenn.edu

Guanjun Cheng, Ph.D.

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