Investigators and Staff

SPORE Leaders

Director:

John C. Byrd, MD

Co-Directors

Clara D. Bloomfield, MD
Guido Marcucci, MD

SPORE Project Leaders

Project 1
Early Predisposing Genes and Risk Stratification for CLL

Co-Principal Investigator, Translational Research
Albert de la Chapelle, MD, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical Research
John C. Byrd, MD

Project 2:
Molecular Characterization and Risk Stratification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Co-Principal Investigator, Translational Research
Clara D. Bloomfield, MD

Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical Research
Guido Marcucci, MD

Project 3:
Lenalidomide as an Immune Modulating Agent for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Co-Principal Investigators, Translational Research
John C. Byrd, MD
Amy J. Johnson, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical
Kristie Blum, MD

Co-Investigator
Natarajan Muthusamy, PhD, DVM

Project 4
Preclinical and Clinical Investigation of MLL-PTD Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Co-Principal Investigators, Translational Research
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD
Guido Marcucci, MD

Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical Research
William Blum, MD

Project 5:
Preclinical and Clinical Development of Silvestrol in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Co-Principal Investigator, Translational Research
David M. Lucas, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator, Clinical Research
Michael R. Grever, MD

SPORE Core Leaders

Core A: Leukemia Tissue Bank Leader Guido Marcucci, MD Co-Leader Gerard Lozanski, MD Laboratory Manager Donna Bucci, MS	Core B: Biostatistics Leaders David Jarjoura, PhD Susan Geyer, PhD Co-Investigators Soledad Fernandez, PhD Lianbo Yo, PhD Lai Wei, PhD Xiaoli Zhang, PhD Significant Contributor Michael Radmacher, PhD	Core C: Bioinformatics Leader Philip Payne, PhD Co-Leader Jeffrey Parvin, PhD
Core D: Medicinal Chemistry Leader Ching-Shih Chen, PhD Co-Leaders Chenglong Li, PhD	Core E: Administrative Core Leader John C. Byrd, MD Co-Leaders Clara D. Bloomfield, MD Guido Marcucci, MD LiHui Xu, MD, PhD, MBA Sara K. Guster, M.S., MBA

SPORE Program Leaders

Career Development Program

Director
Clara D. Bloomfield, MD

Developmental Research Program

Co-Directors
Clara D. Bloomfield, MD
Michael R. Grever, MD