
Cara Haymaker, Ph.D.
Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2011 | University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, US, Ph.D. in Immunology |
2005 | Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, US, BA in Biology |
Postgraduate Training
2011-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2023
Instructor, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2018
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Grand Rounds Planning Committee Co-Chair, Department of Education & Training, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Director, CCSG Oncology Research and Immunomonitoring Core, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member, Translational Working Group, Nanobiotix, Houston, TX, 2021 - 2021
Scientific Advisory Board, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Washington, DC, 2021 - Present
Director, TMP-IL Moon Shots Platform, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Co-Director, Translational Molecular Pathology Immunoprofiling Lab (TMP-IL), Houston, TX, 2020 - 2020
Scientific Advisory Board Member, BriaCell, Berkeley, CA, 2019 - Present
Operational Director and Faculty Member, Translational Molecular Pathology Immunoprofiling Lab (TMP-IL), Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Institutional Committee Activities
Chair-Elect, Mid-Career Faculty Committee, 2024 - Present
Member, Mendelsohn Award Selection Committee, 2024 - 2024
Member, Mid-Career Faculty Committee, 2023 - Present
Member, Dermatology Chair Search Committee, 2023 - 2024
Member, Priority Review Committee, 2022 - Present
Executive Committee member, Faculty Senate, 2022 - 2024
Chair, Junior Faculty Committee, 2022 - 2023
Co-Chair, MD Anderson Grand Rounds Planning Committee, 2021 - Present
Member, REACT, 2021 - Present
Chair, PLM Early Career Faculty Committee, 2021 - Present
Chair-Elect, Junior Faculty Committee, 2021 - 2022
TMP representative, Faculty Senate, 2020 - Present
TMP representative, PLM Early Career Faculty Committee, 2019 - Present
TMP representative, Junior Faculty Committee, 2019 - 2023
Member, Faculty Academic Review Committee, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
2024 - Present | Best Mesothelioma Poster, ESMO |
2021 | Early Career Faculty for Outstanding Achievement, MDACC Division of Pathology and Lab Medicine |
2021 | ITERT Outstanding Peer Mentor, Interdisciplinary Translational Education and Research Training (ITERT) program |
2017 | SITC Sparkathon Participant, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer |
2016 - 2017 | SITC Abstract Travel Award, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer |
2016 | Distinguished Young Investigator, Academic Research Coalition |
2013 | Presidential Travel Award, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer |
2012 | Trainee Research Day Poster Finalist, MDACC |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ludmir EB, Sherry AD, Fellman BM, Liu S, Bathala T, Haymaker C, Medina-Rosales MN, Reuben A, Holliday EB, Smith GL, Noticewala SS, Nicholas S, Price TR, Martin-Paulpeter RM, Perles LA, Lee SS, Lee MS, Smaglo BG, Huey RW, Willis J, Zhao D, Cohen L, Taniguchi CM, Koay EJ, Katz MHG, Wolff RA, Das P, Pant S, Koong AC, Tang C. Addition of Metastasis-Directed Therapy to Systemic Therapy for Oligometastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (EXTEND): A Multicenter, Randomized Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol 42(32):3795-3805, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39102622.
- Reddy JP, Sherry AD, Fellman B, Liu S, Bathala T, Haymaker C, Cohen L, Smith BD, Ramirez D, Shaitelman SF, Chun SG, Medina-Rosales M, Teshome M, Brewster A, Barcenas CH, Reuben A, Ghia AJ, Ludmir EB, Weed D, Shah SJ, Mitchell MP, Woodward WA, Gomez DR, Tang C. Adding Metastasis-Directed Therapy to Standard-of-Care Systemic Therapy for Oligometastatic Breast Cancer (EXTEND): A Multicenter, Randomized Phase 2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39486645.
- He S, Gubin MM, Rafei H, Basar R, Dede M, Jiang X, Liang Q, Tan Y, Kim K, Gillison ML, Rezvani K, Peng W, Haymaker C, Hernandez S, Solis LM, Mohanty V, Chen K. Elucidating immune-related gene transcriptional programs via factorization of large-scale RNA-profiles. iScience 27(6):110096, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38957791.
- Seth S, Chen R, Liu Y, Fujimoto J, Hong L, Reuben A, Varghese S, Behrens C, McDowell T, Soto LS, Haymaker C, Weissferdt A, Kalhor N, Wu J, Le X, Vokes NI, Cheng C, Heymach JV, Gibbons DL, Futreal PA, Wistuba II, Kadara H, Zhang J, Moran C, Zhang J. Integrative genomic and transcriptomic profiling of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma identifies molecular subtypes associated with distinct immune features and clinical outcomes. Cancer Innov 3(3):e112, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38947760.
- Hu X, Zhu B, Vokes N, Fujimoto J, Rojas Alvarez FR, Heeke S, Moreira AL, Solis LM, Haymaker C, Velcheti V, Sterman DH, Pass HI, Cheng C, Lee JJ, Zhang J, Wei Z, Wu J, Le X, Ostrin E, Toumazis I, Gibbons D, Su D, Fukuoka J, Antonoff MB, Gerber DE, Li C, Kadara H, Wang L, Davis M, Heymach JV, Hannash S, Wistuba I, Dubinett S, Alexandrov L, Lippman S, Spira A, Futreal AP, Reuben A, Zhang J. The evolution of lung adenocarcinoma precursors is associated with chromosomal instability and transition from innate to adaptive immune response/evasion. Res Sq, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38798564.
- He S, Gubin MM, Rafei H, Basar R, Dede M, Jiang X, Liang Q, Tan Y, Kim K, Gillison ML, Rezvani K, Peng W, Haymaker C, Hernandez S, Solis LM, Mohanty V, Chen K. Elucidating immune-related gene transcriptional programs via factorization of large-scale RNA-profiles. bioRxiv, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38798470.
- Campbell MT, Balderrama-Brondani V, Jimenez C, Tamsen G, Marcal LP, Varghese J, Shah AY, Long JP, Zhang M, Ochieng J, Haymaker C, Habra MA. Cabozantinib monotherapy for advanced adrenocortical carcinoma: a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 25(5):649-657, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38608694.
- Parra ER, Zhang J, Duose DY, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Redman MW, Chen H, Manyam GC, Kumar G, Zhang J, Song X, Lazcano R, Marques-Piubelli ML, Laberiano-Fernandez C, Rojas F, Zhang B, Taing L, Jhaveri A, Geisberg J, Altreuter J, Michor F, Provencher J, Yu J, Cerami E, Moravec R, Kannan K, Luthra R, Alatrash G, Huang HH, Xie H, Patel M, Nie K, Harris J, Argueta K, Lindsay J, Biswas R, Van Nostrand S, Kim-Schulze S, Gray JE, Herbst RS, Wistuba II, Gettinger S, Kelly K, Bazhenova L, Gnjatic S, Lee JJ, Zhang J, Haymaker C. Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Immune Features Associated with Immunotherapy Benefit in Patients with Squamous Cell Lung Cancer from Phase III Lung-MAP S1400I Trial. Clin Cancer Res 30(8):1655-1668, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38277235.
- Lin K, Chowdhury S, Zeineddine MA, Zeineddine FA, Hornstein NJ, Villarreal OE, Maru DM, Haymaker CL, Vauthey JN, Chang GJ, Bogatenkova E, Menter D, Kopetz S, Shen JP. Identification of Colorectal Cancer Cell Stemness from Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Mol Cancer Res 22(4):337-346, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38156967.
- Liang Q, Soto LS, Haymaker C, Chen K. Interpretable Spatial Gradient Analysis for Spatial Transcriptomics Data. bioRxiv, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38562886.
- Clemens MW, Myckatyn T, Di Napoli A, Feldman AL, Jaffe ES, Haymaker CL, Horwitz SM, Hunt KK, Kadin ME, McCarthy CM, Miranda RN, Prince HM, Santanelli di Pompeo F, Holmes SD, Phillips LG. Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Evidence-Based Consensus Conference Statement From The American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Plast Reconstr Surg 154(3):473-483, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38412359.
- Amaria R, Knisely A, Vining D, Kopetz S, Overman MJ, Javle M, Antonoff MB, Tzeng CD, Wolff RA, Pant S, Lito K, Rangel K, Fellman B, Yuan Y, Lu KH, Sakellariou-Thompson D, Haymaker CL, Forget MA, Hwu P, Bernatchez C, Jazaeri AA. Efficacy and safety of autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in recurrent or refractory ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. J Immunother Cancer 12(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38309721.
- Kumar, G, Pandurengan, RK, Parra Cuentas, ER, Kannan, KS, Haymaker, CL. Spatial modelling of the tumor microenvironment from multiplex immunofluorescence images. Frontiers in immunology 14, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38179056.
- Uzunparmak B, Haymaker C, Raso G, Masciari S, Wang L, Lin H, Gorur A, Kirby B, Cimo AM, Kennon A, Ding Q, Urschel G, Yuan Y, Feng G, Rizvi Y, Hussain A, Zhu C, Kim P, Abbadessa G, Subbiah V, Yap TA, Rodon J, Piha-Paul SA, Meric-Bernstam F, Dumbrava EE. HER2-low expression in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Ann Oncol 34(11):1035-1046, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37619847.
- Purushothaman, A, Oliva-Ramirez, J, Treekitkarnmongkol, W, Sankaran, D, Hurd, MW, Putluri, N, Maitra, A, Haymaker, CL, Sen, S. Differential Effects of Pancreatic Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Driving a Suppressive Environment. International journal of molecular sciences 24(19), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37834100.
- Deboever N, Zhou N, McGrail DJ, Tomczak K, Oliva JL, Feldman HA, Parra E, Zhang J, Lee PP, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SS, Vaporciyan AA, Altan M, Weissferdt A, Tsao AS, Haymaker CL. Radiographic response to neoadjuvant therapy in pleural mesothelioma should serve as a guide for patient selection for cytoreductive operations. Front Oncol 13, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37637041.
- Zhou N, Bell CS, Feldman HA, Haymaker CL, Hofstetter WL, Tsao AS, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Genomic Group MI. Tumor thickness in mesothelioma predicts differential response to neoadjuvant therapy and survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 166(2):362-371.e9, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36737380.
- Xiao GY, Tan X, Rodriguez BL, Gibbons DL, Wang S, Wu C, Liu X, Yu J, Vasquez ME, Tran HT, Xu J, Russell WK, Haymaker C, Lee Y, Zhang J, Solis L, Wistuba II, Kurie JM. EMT activates exocytotic Rabs to coordinate invasion and immunosuppression in lung cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120(28):e2220276120, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37406091.
- Tang C, Sherry AD, Haymaker C, Bathala T, Liu S, Fellman B, Cohen L, Aparicio A, Zurita AJ, Reuben A, Marmonti E, Chun SG, Reddy JP, Ghia A, McGuire S, Efstathiou E, Wang J, Wang J, Pilie P, Kovitz C, Du W, Simiele SJ, Kumar R, Borghero Y, Shi Z, Chapin B, Gomez D, Wistuba I, Corn PG. Addition of Metastasis-Directed Therapy to Intermittent Hormone Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: The EXTEND Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 9(6):825-834, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37022702.
- Karam JA, Msaouel P, Haymaker CL, Matin SF, Campbell MT, Zurita AJ, Shah AY, Wistuba II, Marmonti E, Duose DY, Parra ER, Soto LMS, Laberiano-Fernandez C, Lozano M, Abraham A, Hallin M, Chin CD, Olson P, Der-Torossian H, Yan X, Tannir NM, Wood CG. Phase II trial of neoadjuvant sitravatinib plus nivolumab in patients undergoing nephrectomy for locally advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Nat Commun 14(1):2684, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37164948.
- Parra ER, Zhang J, Jiang M, Tamegnon A, Pandurengan RK, Behrens C, Solis L, Haymaker C, Heymach JV, Moran C, Lee JJ, Gibbons D, Wistuba II. Immune cellular patterns of distribution affect outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Nat Commun 14(1):2364, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37185575.
- Cascone T, Leung CH, Weissferdt A, Pataer A, Carter BW, Godoy MCB, Feldman H, William WN, Xi Y, Basu S, Sun JJ, Yadav SS, Rojas Alvarez FR, Lee Y, Mishra AK, Chen L, Pradhan M, Guo H, Sinjab A, Zhou N, Negrao MV, Le X, Gay CM, Tsao AS, Byers LA, Altan M, Glisson BS, Fossella FV, Elamin YY, Blumenschein G, Zhang J, Skoulidis F, Wu J, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WL, Rajaram R, Antonoff MB, Fujimoto J, Solis LM, Parra ER, Haymaker C, Wistuba II, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Lin HY, Wang J, Gibbons DL, Jack Lee J, Ajami NJ, Wargo JA, Allison JP, Sharma P, Kadara H, Heymach JV, Sepesi B. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 platform NEOSTAR trial. Nat Med 29(3):593-604, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36928818.
- Deboever N, Zhou N, McGrail DJ, Tomczak K, Oliva JL, Feldman HA, Parra E, Zhang J, Lee PP, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SS, Vaporciyan AA, Altan M, Weissferdt A, Tsao AS, Haymaker CL, Sepesi B. Radiographic response to neoadjuvant therapy in pleural mesothelioma should serve as a guide for patient selection for cytoreductive operations. Front Oncol 13:1216999, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37637041.
- Babiker H, Borazanci E, Subbiah V, Agarwala S, Algazi A, Schachter J, Lotem M, Maurice-Dror C, Hendler D, Rahimian S, Minderman H, Haymaker C, Mahadevan D, Bernatchez C, Murthy R, Hultsch R, Caplan N, Woodhead G, Hennemeyer C, Chunduru S, Anderson PM, Diab A, Puzanov I. Tilsotolimod exploits the TLR9 pathway to promote antigen presentation and Type 1 IFN signaling in solid tumors: A Multicenter International Phase I/II trial (ILLUMINATE-101). Clin Cancer Res 28(23):5079-5087, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35917516.
- Schalck A, Sakellariou-Thompson D, Forget MA, Sei E, Hughes TG, Reuben A, Bai S, Hu M, Kumar T, Hurd MW, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD, Pant S, Javle M, Fogelman DR, Maitra A, Haymaker CL, Kim MP, Navin NE, Bernatchez C. Single cell sequencing reveals trajectory of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte states in pancreatic cancer. Cancer Discov 12(10):2330-2349, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35849783.
- Somaiah N, Conley AP, Parra ER, Lin H, Amini B, Solis Soto L, Salazar R, Barreto C, Chen H, Gite S, Haymaker C, Nassif EF, Bernatchez C, Mitra A, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Araujo DM, Benjamin R, Patel S, Zarzour MA, Sabir S, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Daw NC, Zhou X, Roland CL, Cooper ZA, Rodriguez-Canales J, Futreal A, Soria JC, Wistuba II, Hwu P. Durvalumab plus tremelimumab in advanced or metastatic soft tissue and bone sarcomas: a single-centre phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 23(9):1156-1166, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35934010.
- Morris VK, Overman MJ, Lam M, Parseghian CM, Johnson B, Dasari A, Raghav K, Kee BK, Huey R, Wolff RA, Shen JP, Li J, Zorrilla I, Tzeng CD, Tran Cao HS, Chun YS, Newhook TE, Vauthey N, Duose D, Luthra R, Haymaker C, Kopetz S. Bintrafusp alfa, an anti-PD-L1:TGF-β trap fusion protein, in patients with ctDNA-positive, liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer Res Commun 2(9):979-986, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36382087.
- Johnson B, Haymaker CL, Parra ER, Soto LMS, Wang X, Thomas JV, Dasari A, Morris VK, Raghav K, Vilar E, Kee BK, Eng C, Parseghian CM, Wolff RA, Lee Y, Lorenzini D, Laberiano-Fernandez C, Verma A, Lang W, Wistuba II, Futreal A, Kopetz S, Overman MJ. Phase II study of durvalumab (anti-PD-L1) and trametinib (MEKi) in microsatellite stable (MSS) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). J Immunother Cancer 10(8), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36007963.
- Andrews MC, Oba J, Wu CJ, Zhu H, Karpinets T, Creasy CA, Forget MA, Yu X, Song X, Mao X, Robertson AG, Romano G, Li P, Burton EM, Lu Y, Sloane RS, Wani KM, Rai K, Lazar AJ, Haydu LE, Bustos MA, Shen J, Chen Y, Morgan MB, Wargo JA, Kwong LN, Haymaker CL, Grimm EA, Hwu P, Hoon DSB, Zhang J, Gershenwald JE, Davies MA, Futreal PA, Bernatchez C, Woodman SE. Multi-modal molecular programs regulate melanoma cell state. Nat Commun 13(1):4000, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35810190.
- Hickman A, Koetsier J, Kurtanich T, Nielsen MC, Winn G, Wang Y, Bentebibel SE, Shi L, Punt S, Williams L, Haymaker C, Chesson CB, Fa'ak F, Dominguez AL, Jones R, Kuiatse I, Caivano AR, Khounlo S, Warier ND, Marathi U, Market RV, Biediger RJ, Craft JW, Hwu P, Davies MA, Woodside DG, Vanderslice P, Diab A, Overwijk WW, Hailemichael Y. LFA-1 activation enriches tumor-specific T cells in a cold tumor model and synergizes with CTLA-4 blockade. J Clin Invest 132(13), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35552271.
- Schmidt ST, Akhave N, Knightly RE, Reuben A, Vokes N, Zhang J, Li J, Fujimoto J, Byers LA, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Diao L, Wang J, Federico L, Forget MA, McGrail DJ, Weissferdt A, Lin SY, Lee Y, Suzuki E, Kovacs JJ, Behrens C, Wistuba II, Futreal A, Vaporciyan A, Sepesi B, Heymach JV, Bernatchez C, Haymaker C, Cascone T, Zhang J, Bristow CA, Heffernan TP, Negrao MV, Gibbons DL, Team I. Shared Nearest Neighbors Approach and Interactive Browser for Network Analysis of a Comprehensive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Data Set. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 6:e2200040, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35944232.
- Fix SM, Forget MA, Sakellariou-Thompson D, Wang Y, Griffiths TM, Lee M, Haymaker CL, Dominguez AL, Basar R, Reyes C, Kumar S, Meyer LA, Hwu P, Bernatchez C, Jazaeri AA. CRISPR-mediated TGFBR2 knockout renders human ovarian cancer tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes resistant to TGF-β signaling. J Immunother Cancer 10(7), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35882447.
- Rocha P, Zhang J, Laza-Briviesca R, Cruz-Bermúdez A, Bota-Rabassedas N, Sanchez-Espiridon B, Yoshimura K, Behrens C, Lu W, Tang X, Pataer A, Parra ER, Haymaker C, Fujimoto J, Swisher SG, Heymach JV, Gibbons DL, Lee JJ, Sepesi B, Cascone T, Solis LM, Provencio M, Wistuba II, Kadara H. Distinct immune gene programs associated with host tumor immunity, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy in resectable NSCLC. Clin Cancer Res 28(11):2461-2473, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35394499.
- Hailemichael Y, Johnson DH, Abdel-Wahab N, Foo WC, Bentebibel SE, Daher M, Haymaker C, Wani K, Saberian C, Ogata D, Kim ST, Nurieva R, Lazar AJ, Abu-Sbeih H, Fa'ak F, Mathew A, Wang Y, Falohun A, Trinh V, Zobniw C, Spillson C, Burks JK, Awiwi M, Elsayes K, Soto LS, Melendez BD, Davies MA, Wargo J, Curry J, Yee C, Lizee G, Singh S, Sharma P, Allison JP, Hwu P, Ekmekcioglu S, Diab A. Interleukin-6 blockade abrogates immunotherapy toxicity and promotes tumor immunity. Cancer Cell 40(5):509-523.e6, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35537412.
- Creasy CA, Meng YJ, Forget MA, Karpinets T, Tomczak K, Stewart C, Torres-Cabala CA, Pilon-Thomas S, Sarnaik AA, Mulé JJ, Garraway L, Bustos M, Zhang J, Patel SP, Diab A, Glitza IC, Yee C, Tawbi H, Wong MK, McQuade J, Hoon DSB, Davies MA, Hwu P, Amaria RN, Haymaker C, Beroukhim R, Bernatchez C. Genomic Correlates of Outcome in Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 28(9):1911-1924, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35190823.
- Hernandez S, Parra ER, Uraoka N, Tang X, Shen Y, Qiao W, Jiang M, Zhang S, Mino B, Lu W, Pandurengan R, Haymaker C, Affolter K, Scaife CL, Yip-Schneider M, Schmidt CM, Firpo MA, Mulvihill SJ, Koay EJ, Wang H, Wistuba II, Maitra A, Solis LM, Sen S. Diminished Immune Surveillance during Histologic Progression of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Offers a Therapeutic Opportunity for Cancer Interception. Clin Cancer Res 28(9):1938-1947, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35491652.
- Sun X, Zhai J, Sun B, Parra ER, Jiang M, Ma W, Wang J, Kang AM, Kannan K, Pandurengan R, Zhang S, Solis LM, Haymaker CL, Raso MG, Mendoza Perez J, Sahin AA, Wistuba II, Yam C, Litton JK, Yang F. Effector memory cytotoxic CD3+/CD8+/CD45RO+ T cells are predictive of good survival and a lower risk of recurrence in triple-negative breast cancer. Mod Pathol 35(5):601-608, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34839351.
- Griffiths TM, Ramos C, Haymaker CL. Generation and Expansion of Primary, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumor Lines. J Vis Exp 2022(182), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35532258.
- Hosein AN, Dangol G, Okumura T, Roszik J, Rajapakshe K, Siemann M, Zaid M, Ghosh B, Monberg M, Guerrero PA, Singhi A, Haymaker CL, Clevers H, Abou-Elkacem L, Woermann SM, Maitra A. Loss of Rnf43 accelerates Kras-mediated neoplasia and remodels the tumor immune microenvironment in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology 162(4):1303-1318.e18, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34973294.
- Shah P, Forget MA, Frank ML, Jiang P, Sakellariou-Thompson D, Federico L, Khairullah R, Neutzler CA, Wistuba I, Chow CB, Long Y, Fujimoto J, Lin SY, Maitra A, Negrao MV, Mitchell KG, Weissferdt A, Vaporciyan AA, Cascone T, Roth JA, Zhang J, Sepesi B, Gibbons DL, Heymach JV, Haymaker CL, McGrail DJ, Reuben A, Bernatchez C. Combined IL-2, agonistic CD3 and 4-1BB stimulation preserve clonotype hierarchy in propagated non-small cell lung cancer tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. J Immunother Cancer 10(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35110355.
- Deboever N, McGrail DJ, Lee Y, Tran HT, Mitchell KG, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Bernatchez C, Vailati Negrao M, Zhang J, Wistuba II, Heymach JV, Cascone T, Gibbons DL, Haymaker CL, Sepesi B. Surgical approach does not influence changes in circulating immune cell populations following lung cancer resection. Lung Cancer 164:69-75, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35038676.
- Morris, VK, Overman, MJ, Lam, MC, Parseghian, C, Johnson, B, Dasari, NV, Raghav, KS, Kee, BK, Huey, RW, Wolff, RA, Shen, JY, Li, J, Zorrilla, I, Tzeng, CD, Tran Cao, HS, Chun, YS, Newhook, TE, Vauthey, JN, Duose, D, Luthra, R, Haymaker, CL, Kopetz, S. Bintrafusp Alfa, an Anti-PD-L1:TGFβ Trap Fusion Protein, in Patients with ctDNA-positive, Liver-limited Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 2(9):979-986, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36382087.
- Zhou N, Rice DC, Tsao AS, Lee PP, Haymaker CL, Corsini EM, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Rajaram R, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy versus Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg 113(1):200-208, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 33971174.
- Federico L, McGrail DJ, Bentebibel SE, Haymaker C, Ravelli A, Forget MA, Karpinets T, Jiang P, Reuben A, Negrao MV, Li J, Khairullah R, Zhang J, Weissferdt A, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Walsh G, Lin SY, Futreal A, Wistuba I, Roth J, Byers LA, Gaudreau PO, Uraoka N, Cruz AF, Dejima H, Lazcano RN, Solis LM, Parra ER, Lee JJ, Swisher S, Cascone T, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Sepesi B, Gibbons DL, Bernatchez C. Distinct tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte landscapes are associated with clinical outcomes in localized non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 33(1):42-56, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34653632.
- Lee JJ, Bernard V, Semaan A, Monberg ME, Huang J, Stephens BM, Lin D, Rajapakshe KI, Weston BR, Bhutani MS, Haymaker CL, Bernatchez C, Taniguchi CM, Maitra A, Guerrero PA. Elucidation of Tumor-Stromal Heterogeneity and the Ligand-Receptor Interactome by Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Real-world Pancreatic Cancer Biopsies. Clin Cancer Res 27(21):5912-5921, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34426439.
- Sahaf B, Pichavant M, Lee BH, Duault C, Thrash EM, Davila M, Fernandez N, Millerchip K, Bentebibel SE, Haymaker C, Sigal N, Del Valle DM, Ranasinghe S, Fayle S, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Zhang J, Bernatchez C, Wu CJ, Wistuba II, Kim-Schulze S, Gnjatic S, Bendall SC, Song M, Thurin M, Lee JJ, Maecker HT, Rahman A. Multi-Center Immune Profiling Mass Cytometry Assay Harmonization. Clin Cancer Res 27(18):5062-5071, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34266889.
- Corsini EM, Mitchell KG, Zhou N, Bernatchez C, Forget MA, Haymaker CL, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Amaria RN, Jazaeri AA, Antonoff MB. Pulmonary resection for tissue harvest in adoptive tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy: Safety and feasibility. J Surg Oncol 124(4):699-703, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34057733.
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- Roszik J, Haydu LE, Hess KR, Oba J, Joon AY, Siroy AE, Karpinets TV, Stingo FC, Baladandayuthapani V, Tetzlaff MT, Wargo JA, Chen K, Forget MA, Haymaker CL, Chen JQ, Meric-Bernstam F, Eterovic AK, Shaw KR, Mills GB, Gershenwald JE, Radvanyi LG, Hwu P, Futreal PA, Gibbons DL, Lazar AJ, Bernatchez C, Davies MA, Woodman SE. Novel algorithmic approach predicts tumor mutation load and correlates with immunotherapy clinical outcomes using a defined gene mutation set. BMC Med 14(1):168, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27776519.
- Bailey P, Chang DK, Forget MA, Lucas FA, Alvarez HA, Haymaker C, Chattopadhyay C, Kim SH, Ekmekcioglu S, Grimm EA, Biankin AV, Hwu P, Maitra A, Roszik J. Exploiting the neoantigen landscape for immunotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Sci Rep 6:35848, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27762323.
- Uemura M, Trinh VA, Haymaker C, Jackson N, Kim DW, Allison JP, Sharma P, Vence L, Bernatchez C, Hwu P, Diab A. Selective inhibition of autoimmune exacerbation while preserving the anti-tumor clinical benefit using IL-6 blockade in a patient with advanced melanoma and Crohn's disease: a case report. J Hematol Oncol 9(1):81, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27595932.
- Cooper ZA, Reuben A, Spencer CN, Prieto PA, Austin-Breneman JL, Jiang H, Haymaker C, Gopalakrishnan V, Tetzlaff MT, Frederick DT, Sullivan RJ, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Hwu P, Woodman SE, Glitza IC, Diab A, Vence LM, Rodriguez-Canales J, Parra ER, Wistuba II, Coussens LM, Sharpe AH, Flaherty KT, Gershenwald JE, Chin L, Davies MA, Clise-Dwyer K, Allison JP, Sharma P, Wargo JA. Distinct clinical patterns and immune infiltrates are observed at time of progression on targeted therapy versus immune checkpoint blockade for melanoma. Oncoimmunology 5(3):e1136044, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27141370.
- Forget MA, Haymaker C, Dennison JB, Toth C, Maiti S, Fulbright OJ, Cooper LJ, Hwu P, Radvanyi LG, Bernatchez C. The beneficial effects of a gas-permeable flask for expansion of Tumor-Infiltrating lymphocytes as reflected in their mitochondrial function and respiration capacity. Oncoimmunology 5(2):e1057386, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27057427.
- Peng W, Chen JQ, Liu C, Malu S, Creasy C, Tetzlaff MT, Xu C, McKenzie JA, Zhang C, Liang X, Williams LJ, Deng W, Chen G, Mbofung R, Lazar AJ, Torres-Cabala CA, Cooper ZA, Chen PL, Tieu TN, Spranger S, Yu X, Bernatchez C, Forget MA, Haymaker C, Amaria R, McQuade JL, Glitza IC, Cascone T, Li HS, Kwong LN, Heffernan TP, Hu J, Bassett RL, Bosenberg MW, Woodman SE, Overwijk WW, Lizée G, Roszik J, Gajewski TF, Wargo JA, Gershenwald JE, Radvanyi L, Davies MA, Hwu P. Loss of PTEN Promotes Resistance to T Cell-Mediated Immunotherapy. Cancer Discov 6(2):202-16, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26645196.
- Uemura M, Faisal F, Haymaker C, McQuail N, Sirmans E, Hudgens CW, Barbara L, Bernatchez C, Curry JL, Hwu P, Tetzlaff MT, Diab A. A case report of Grover's disease from immunotherapy-a skin toxicity induced by inhibition of CTLA-4 but not PD-1. J Immunother Cancer 4(1):55, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27660709.
- Im JS, Herrmann AC, Bernatchez C, Haymaker C, Molldrem JJ, Hong WK, Perez-Soler R. Immune-Modulation by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors: Implication on Anti-Tumor Immunity in Lung Cancer. PLoS One 11(7):e0160004, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27467256.
- Glitza IC, Haymaker C, Bernatchez C, Vence L, Rohlfs M, Richard J, Lacey C, Mansaray R, Fulbright OJ, Ramachandran R, Toth C, Wardell S, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Hwu WJ, Radvanyi LG, Davies MA, Papadopoulos NE, Hwu P. Intrathecal Administration of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Is Well Tolerated in a Patient with Leptomeningeal Disease from Metastatic Melanoma: A Case Report. Cancer Immunol Res 3(11):1201-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26216417.
- Sahoo A, Alekseev A, Tanaka K, Obertas L, Lerman B, Haymaker C, Clise-Dwyer K, McMurray JS, Nurieva R. Batf is important for IL-4 expression in T follicular helper cells. Nat Commun 6:7997, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26278622.
- Haymaker CL, Wu RC, Ritthipichai K, Bernatchez C, Forget MA, Chen JQ, Liu H, Wang E, Marincola F, Hwu P, Radvanyi LG. BTLA marks a less-differentiated tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte subset in melanoma with enhanced survival properties. Oncoimmunology 4(8):e1014246, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26405566.
- Forget MA, Malu S, Liu H, Toth C, Maiti S, Kale C, Haymaker C, Bernatchez C, Huls H, Wang E, Marincola FM, Hwu P, Cooper LJ, Radvanyi LG. Activation and propagation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes on clinical-grade designer artificial antigen-presenting cells for adoptive immunotherapy of melanoma. J Immunother 37(9):448-60, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25304728.
- Cascio JA, Haymaker CL, Divekar RD, Zaghouani S, Khairallah MT, Wan X, Rowland LM, Dhakal M, Chen W, Zaghouani H. Antigen-specific effector CD4 T lymphocytes school lamina propria dendritic cells to transfer innate tolerance. J Immunol 190(12):6004-14, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23686493.
- Wan X, Guloglu FB, VanMorlan AM, Rowland LM, Jain R, Haymaker CL, Cascio JA, Dhakal M, Hoeman CM, Tartar DM, Zaghouani H. Mechanisms underlying antigen-specific tolerance of stable and convertible Th17 cells during suppression of autoimmune diabetes. Diabetes 61(8):2054-65, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22751698.
- Haymaker CL, Guloglu FB, Cascio JA, Hardaway JC, Dhakal M, Wan X, Hoeman CM, Zaghouani S, Rowland LM, Tartar DM, VanMorlan AM, Zaghouani H. Bone marrow-derived IL-13Rα1-positive thymic progenitors are restricted to the myeloid lineage. J Immunol 188(7):3208-16, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22351937.
- Divekar RD, Haymaker CL, Cascio JA, Guloglu BF, Ellis JS, Tartar DM, Hoeman CM, Franklin CL, Zinselmeyer BH, Lynch JN, Miller MJ, Zaghouani H. T cell dynamics during induction of tolerance and suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 187(8):3979-86, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21911603.
- Ellis JS, Guloglu FB, Tartar DM, Hoeman CM, Haymaker CL, Cascio JA, Wan X, Dhakal M, VanMorlan A, Yahng SH, Zaghouani H. APCs expressing high levels of programmed death ligand 2 sustain the development of CD4 T cell memory. J Immunol 185(6):3149-57, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20709947.
- Tartar DM, VanMorlan AM, Wan X, Guloglu FB, Jain R, Haymaker CL, Ellis JS, Hoeman CM, Cascio JA, Dhakal M, Oukka M, Zaghouani H. FoxP3+RORgammat+ T helper intermediates display suppressive function against autoimmune diabetes. J Immunol 184(7):3377-85, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20181889.
- Lee HH, Hoeman CM, Hardaway JC, Guloglu FB, Ellis JS, Jain R, Divekar R, Tartar DM, Haymaker CL, Zaghouani H. Delayed maturation of an IL-12-producing dendritic cell subset explains the early Th2 bias in neonatal immunity. J Exp Med 205(10):2269-80, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18762566.
- Yu P, Haymaker CL, Divekar RD, Ellis JS, Hardaway J, Jain R, Tartar DM, Hoeman CM, Cascio JA, Ostermeier A, Zaghouani H. Fetal exposure to high-avidity TCR ligand enhances expansion of peripheral T regulatory cells. J Immunol 181(1):73-80, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18566371.
- Bell JJ, Divekar RD, Ellis JS, Cascio JA, Haymaker CL, Jain R, Tartar DM, Hoeman CM, Hardaway JC, Zaghouani H. In trans T cell tolerance diminishes autoantibody responses and exacerbates experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 180(3):1508-16, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18209046.
Invited Articles
- Santanelli di Pompeo F, Clemens MW, Atlan M, Botti G, Cordeiro PG, De Jong D, Di Napoli A, Hammond D, Haymaker CL, Horwitz SM, Hunt K, Lennox P, Mallucci P, Miranda RN, Munhoz AM, Panagiotakos D, Swanson EC, Turner SD, Firmani G, Sorotos M. Response to: What Is Missing From the 2022 Practice Recommendation Updates From the World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL?. Aesthet Surg J 43(2):NP138-NP140, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36419172.
- Santanelli di Pompeo F, Clemens MW, Atlan M, Botti G, Cordeiro PG, De Jong D, Di Napoli A, Hammond D, Haymaker CL, Horwitz SM, Hunt K, Lennox P, Mallucci P, Miranda RN, Munhoz AM, Swanson E, Turner SD, Firmani G, Sorotos M. 2022 Practice Recommendation Updates from the World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL. Aesthet Surg J 42(11):1262-1278, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35639805.
- Marmonti E, Oliva-Ramirez J, Haymaker C. Dendritic Cells: The Long and Evolving Road towards Successful Targetability in Cancer. Cells 11(19), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36230990.
- Rojas F, Parra ER, Wistuba II, Haymaker C, Solis Soto LM. Pathological Response and Immune Biomarker Assessment in Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma Receiving Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancers (Basel) 14(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35681755.
- Karasarides M, Cogdill AP, Robbins PB, Bowden M, Burton EM, Butterfield LH, Cesano A, Hammer C, Haymaker CL, Horak CE, McGee HM, Monette A, Rudqvist NP, Spencer CN, Sweis RF, Vincent BG, Wennerberg E, Yuan J, Zappasodi R, Lucey VMH, Wells DK, LaVallee T. Hallmarks of Resistance to Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancer Immunol Res 10(4):372-383, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35362046.
- Greenbaum U, Dumbrava EI, Biter AB, Haymaker CL, Hong DS. Engineered T-cell Receptor T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Res 9(11):1252-1261, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34728535.
- Choi Y, Shi Y, Haymaker CL, Naing A, Ciliberto G, Hajjar J. T-cell agonists in cancer immunotherapy. J Immunother Cancer 8(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33020242.
- Shi Y, Tomczak K, Li J, Ochieng JK, Lee Y, Haymaker C. Next-Generation Immunotherapies to Improve Anticancer Immunity. Front Pharmacol 11:566401, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33505304.
- Forget MA, Haymaker C, Amaria RN, Bernatchez C. TIL therapy and anti-CTLA4: can they co-exist?. Oncotarget 10(1):1-2, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30713594.
- Sim GC, Chacon J, Haymaker C, Ritthipichai K, Singh M, Hwu P, Radvanyi L. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for melanoma: rationale and issues for further clinical development. BioDrugs 28(5):421-37, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24890028.
- Wu R, Forget MA, Chacon J, Bernatchez C, Haymaker C, Chen JQ, Hwu P, Radvanyi LG. Adoptive T-cell therapy using autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic melanoma: current status and future outlook. Cancer J 18(2):160-75, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22453018.
Editorials
- Haymaker C, Wu R, Bernatchez C, Radvanyi L. PD-1 and BTLA and CD8(+) T-cell "exhaustion" in cancer: "Exercising" an alternative viewpoint. Oncoimmunology 1(5):735-738, 2012. PMID: 22934265.
Book Chapters
- Fulbright OJ, Forget MA, Haymaker C, Bernatchez C. Isolation and Maintenance of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Translational and Clinical Applications: Established Methods and New Developments. In: Cancer Immunoprevention: Methods and Protocols. Springer Nature, 2022.
- Haymaker C, Sim GC, M-A F, Chen JQ, Bernatchez C, Radvanyi LG. The role of the immune system and immunoregulatory mechanisms relevant to melanoma. In: Genetics of Melanoma. Springer, 2016.
Patents
- Forget M, Bernatchez C, Haymaker C, Curran M, Hwu P. METHODS FOR EXPANSION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USE THEREOF. Patent Number: 62/977, 672.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Defining the Immune Suppressive Landscape of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Can we reinvigorate the anti-tumor response?. Invited. Translational Molecular Pathology Department Retreat. Houston, TX, US.
- 2023. Defining the immune response to malignant pleural mesothelioma using multiomics approaches. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Unraveling the complexity of the immune microenvironment in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2023. Myeloid cells in malignant pleural mesothelioma: location, location, location. Conference. Myeloid Diversity Interest Group Seminar Series. Virtual, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Translational findings from non-pancreatic neuroendocrine DART cohorts from CIMAC. Conference. SWOG Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Translational findings from non-pancreatic neuroendocrine DART cohorts from CIMAC. Conference. SWOG Spring Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2022. Translational correlates of DART from CIMAC. Conference. SWOG Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. CIMAC Assay Development. Conference. ECOG-ACRIN Fall Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Deciphering the Immune Response in BIA-ALCL. Invited. 5th World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL. Rome, IT.
- 2023. Defining TIL Features in Rare Tumors. Invited. Hanson Wade. Boston, US.
- 2023. Enhancing TIL Therapy Efficacy through Patient Stratification and Selection by Identifying Suitable Biomarkers. Invited. Hanson Wade. Boston, US.
- 2023. Decoding the Immune Response to Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Invited. Enjoy Science Webinar Series. Virtual, US.
- 2022. CIMAC/SWOG studies. Invited. SITC. Boston, US.
- 2022. BIA-ALCL as an Immunologic Disease. Invited. 4th World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL. Houston, US.
- 2022. Fighting mesothelioma with knowledge of the tumor microenvironment and the immune system. Invited. 2022 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. Chicago, US.
- 2021. Next generation immunoprofiling: applying basic science techniques to clinical trial specimens. Invited. 2021 Qiantang International Summit Forum of Cancer Molecular Diagnosis New Technology and The 3rd Symposium of Cancer Genomic Medicine and Molecular Pathology.
- 2021. Immunologic factors underlying BIA-ALCL. Invited. 3rd World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL. Rome, IT.
- 2021. Identification of distinct immune signatures in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Invited. EUSTM.
- 2021. Circulating biomarkers in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Invited. Cambridge Heath Institute - Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers, US.
- 2020. Cytokine analysis and the Immunology of BIA-ALCL. Invited. 2nd World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL, US.
- 2020. Distinct immune signatures in mesothelioma: Implications in therapeutic strategies. Invited. Cambridge Heath Institute - Immuno-Oncology Summit, US.
- 2020. Immunotherapies using non-immune checkpoint targeted therapies. Invited. SITC. Athens, GR.
- 2019. Assessing the impact of intratumoral immune modulation in metastatic melanoma. Invited. Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Boston, US.
- 2019. TLR9 agonists in combination of anti-CTLA4 checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of patients with anti-PD1 refractory melanoma. Invited. SITC. Seoul.
- 2019. Integrating immune biomarker analysis on immuno-oncology clinical trials. Invited. Global Academic Programs (GAP). Houston, US.
- 2018. TLR9 agonist harnesses innate immunity to drive tumor-infiltrating T-cell expansion in distant lesions in a phase 1/2 study of intratumoral IMO-2125+ipilimumab in anti-PD1 refractory melanoma patients. Invited. TOLL18. Porto, PT.
- 2017. TLR9 agonist harnesses innate immunity to drive tumor-infiltrating T-cell expansion in distant lesions in a phase 1/2 study of intratumoral IMO-2125+ipilimumab in anti-PD1 refractory melanoma patients. Conference. SITC. National Harbor, US.
- 2017. Translational evidence of reactivated innate and adaptive immunity with intratumoral IMO-2125 in combination with systemic checkpoint inhibitors from a Phase I/II study in patients with anti-PD-1 refractory metastatic melanoma. Conference. AACR. Washington DC, US.
- 2016. Reactivating the anti-tumor immune response by targeting innate and adaptive immunity in a phase I/II study of intratumoral IMO-2125 in combination with systemic ipilimumab in patients with anti-PD-1 refractory metastatic melanoma. Conference. SITC. National Harbor, US.
- 2015. You can run but you can’t hide: Tracking T cells in metastatic melanoma patients treated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Conference. SITC. National Harbor, US.
- 2013. Uncovering a novel function of BTLA on tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells. Conference. SITC. National Harbor, US.
- 2013. Enhanced functional properties of CD8+BTLA+ T-cells from human metastatic melanoma. Conference. SMR. Philadelphia, US.
- 2013. Usurpation of a lymphocyte costimulatory molecule as a novel melanoma cell survival pathway. Conference. AAI. Honolulu, US.
Formal Peers
- 2021. Identification of distinct immune signatures in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Center for Gastric Pre-Cancer Atlas of Multidimensional Evolution in 3D (GAME3D) |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | U01CA294518 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | MD Anderson Cancer Center Immune Monitoring and Analysis Center (MDA-CIMAC) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | 2U24CA224285 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | Mechanism-rooted therapeutic strategies for immune-related toxicities induced by checkpoint inhibitors |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01CA284684 |
Date: | 2023 - 2029 |
Title: | A Phase 1/2 Open-Label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of AVB-001 |
Funding Source: | Avenge |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | STRATEGIC ALLIANCE - Assessment of TEAD/YAP1 activation, frequency and Immune-profiling in tissue and blood |
Funding Source: | Sanofi |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
Title: | PASSCODE (Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Stromal Reprograming ConSortium COordination, Data Management and Education) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | U24 CA274274 |
Date: | 2022 - 2025 |
Title: | Evolution of Individual Patient’s Tumor Immune Microenvironment in the Development of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | W81XWH2210747 |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | Identification of enhancers of T-cell anti-tumor activity in PDAC using CRISPR activation screening |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | RP220610 |
Date: | 2021 - 2025 |
Title: | Cancer Medicine Medimmune SIV Alliance – Strategic Collaboration Agreement |
Funding Source: | Medimmune |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | CW448627 |
Date: | 2021 - 2022 |
Title: | Integrative genomic analysis to characterize tumor subclonal expansion and immune environment in primary and metastatic colorectal cancer |
Funding Source: | MDACC GI SPORE DRP Program |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | MDA 12917 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | Molecular Understanding and Targeting of Determinant Factors in Gastric Tumorigenesis |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | 5R01CA236905 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | SIV- Takeda Global Research and Development Strategic Collaboration Agreement |
Funding Source: | Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 2018-0152 |
Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
Title: | CPRIT Early Clinical Investigator Award |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | RP200669 |
Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
Title: | STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Agreement – Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Leukemia |
Funding Source: | Novartis |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 56600 |
Date: | 2020 - 2026 |
Title: | STRATEGIC Alliance Agreement |
Funding Source: | Sanofi S.A |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 57754 |
Date: | 2020 - 2027 |
Title: | Dose Escalation of DF1001 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors, and Expansion in Selected Indications |
Funding Source: | Dragonfly Therapeutics |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 2019-0506 / PID:11568 |
Date: | 2019 - 2025 |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma – Project 2: Intrathecal Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma Patients with Leptomeningeal Disease (LMD) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | P50CA221703 |
Date: | 2019 - 2026 |
Title: | Cancer Center Support (CORE) Grant |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Shared Resource Director |
ID: | 5P30CA016672-47 |
Date: | 2019 - 2025 |
Title: | STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Agreement – Cedar APOLLO 11 |
Funding Source: | Biocompatibles, UK Ltd |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 56873 |
Date: | 2018 - 2023 |
Title: | STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Agreement-4D Pharma PLC |
Funding Source: | 4D Pharma PLC |
Role: | Collaborator |
Date: | 2018 - 2019 |
Title: | Adoptive transfer of TGF-b resistant TIL to defeat immunosuppressive PDAC |
Funding Source: | Stand Up To Cancer |
Role: | Collaborator |
Date: | 2018 - 2024 |
Title: | EXTernal beam radiation to Eliminate Nominal metastatic Disease: a randomized phase II basket trial to asses local control for oligometastatic disease |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | RP180140 |
Date: | 2018 - 2025 |
Title: | SIV- Iovance Technologies |
Funding Source: | Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 54334 |
Date: | 2018 - 2025 |
Title: | SIV- Iovance Technologies |
Funding Source: | Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 54334 / PID: 6464 |
Date: | 2017 - 2026 |
Title: | SIV Merck Master Agreement |
Funding Source: | Merck |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | MK3475SIV |
Date: | 2017 - 2023 |
Title: | Translational Cancer Immune Monitoring and Analysis Center |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | 1U24CA224285 |
Date: | 2017 - 2025 |
Title: | SIV Division of Cancer Medicine Genentech SIV Alliance |
Funding Source: | Genentech |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | 2016-0916 / PID: 5322 |
Date: | 2017 - 2024 |
Title: | SIV Alliance-Strategic Collaboration Agreement |
Funding Source: | Adaptimmune LLC |
Role: | Collaborator |
Date: | 2016 - 2026 |
Title: | SIV EMD Serono Strategic Collaboration Agreement |
Funding Source: | EMD SERONO INC |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | CS2017-00053902-LG |
Date: | 2016 - 2017 |
Title: | Streamlining Autologous TIL Manufacturing for Muli-Center Trials |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | P30CA016672 |
Date: | 2016 - 2019 |
Title: | Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | UTMDACC Cancer Center Support Grant |
Role: | Co-I |
Date: | 2013 - 2016 |
Title: | Functional attributes of a CD8+BTLA+ T cell subset in adoptive T cell therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Postdoctoral Fellow |
ID: | 5R21CA178580-02 |
Date: | 2012 - 2013 |
Title: | Do Melanoma cells usurp a lymphocyte costimulatory molecule as a novel cell survival pathway |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | P50 CA093459 |
Date: | 2011 - 2014 |
Title: | T32 Training Program |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Postdoctoral Fellow |
ID: | 5T32CA009598-22 |
Date: | 2011 - 2016 |
Title: | Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Expanded Melanoma T Cells Programmed Ex Vivo for Improved Efficacy In Vivo |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | RP110553-P4 |
Title: | Targeting nucleoside metabolism and anti-apoptotic mechanisms in high risk CMML |
Funding Source: | CPRIT |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | RP250341 |
Title: | AI-based multimodal, multilevel model of therapeutic T cell receptor (AIMTCR) |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1688812 |
Title: | Evaluating a multimodality platform of tissue, blood and advanced imaging-based biomarkers in predict response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy and radiotherapy in melanoma |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Key |
ID: | PAR-24-042 |
Title: | Neoadjuvant combination of anti-PD-L1 and anti-TIGIT immune checkpoint blockade in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | R01CA292050 |
Title: | Neoadjuvant immunotherapy and radiotherapy for mucosal melanoma |
Funding Source: | Melanoma Research Foundation |
Role: | Key |
ID: | FP00021976 |
Title: | Role of B cells in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced Colitis |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | R01CA297292 |
Title: | Identification of an immune-related prognostic signature in anaplastic thyroid cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
Title: | MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Core Leader |
ID: | 2P50CA221707-A0 |
Title: | UNRAVELING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ADENOSINE PATHWAY ON THE IMMUNE METABOLIC MICROENVIRONMENT IN LIPOSARCOMA |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Decipher the Evolution from Precancer to Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma to Unravel Targets for Lung Cancer Interception and Prevention |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | U01CA294462 |
Title: | Understanding the Allele Specific Mechanisms of Response and Resistance to KRAS Inhibitors in Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | CPRIT |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | RP250117 |
Title: | Quantitative characterization of clonal expansion and microenvironment in metastatic CRC at single cell resolution |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
Title: | HARNESSING TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES TO ERADICATE MESOTHELIOMA |
Funding Source: | Emerson Foundation |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Characterizing COVID-19 and Cancer to Predict and Personalize Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) Management (C3P3) - Recovery Cohort |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
Title: | Improving Response to Immunotherapy in Patients with Lung Cancer and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection after Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01CA262115-01A1 |
Title: | The Influence of Tumor Thickness on Unique Immune Signatures in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Defining the Influence of Tumor Thickness on Unique Immune Signatures in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Sarcoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Project Leader |
Title: | Advancing precision immuno-oncology in biliary tract cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Project Leader |
Title: | Adagrasib and durvalumab for treatment of solid tumors harboring KRAS G12C mutations |
Funding Source: | Conquer Cancer Foundation |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | FP00017973 |
Title: | MD Anderson SPORE in KRASG12C |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
Title: | Exploring Immunotherapy Options for Lethal Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | RP 240191 |
Title: | Targeting PPAR-d alteration and immune suppression for gastric cancer prevention and therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
Title: | Targeting CD73 in Select Sarcomas |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Co-I |
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CV information above last modified June 19, 2025