skip to main content

People

People

Leadership

Kenneth S. Ramos

Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD

Professor of Translational Medical Sciences

Alkek Chair of Medical Genetics

Executive Director, Institute of Biosciences and Technology

Director, Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine (CGPM)

Associate Vice President for Research

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Services, Texas A&M University System

Director, Center of Excellence in Cancer Research

8441 Riverside Pkwy
Bryan, TX 77807

713.677.7522

kramos@tamu.edu

Biography

Kenneth S. Ramos is an accomplished physician-scientist and transformational leader, with designations in the National Academy of Sciences (Lifetime Associate) and National Academy of Medicine (Elected Member). He is recognized throughout the world for his scientific contributions in the areas of genomics, precision medicine and toxicology.

Robert S. Chapkin

Robert S. Chapkin, PhD

Deputy Director, Center of Excellence in Cancer Research

Allen Endowed Chair in Nutrition & Chronic Disease Prevention

University Distinguished Professor

Regents Professor & University Faculty Fellow

Office: CMAT/111

979.845.0419

r-chapkin@tamu.edu

Biography

Robert S. Chapkin is an NIH/NCI R35-Outstanding Investigator Awardee and an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. He has made highly significant precision medicine related contributions including seminal cancer prevention strategies to delineate host responses to environmental (diet-derived) and endogenous (gut microbial) bioactive agents.

Scholars

Irtisha Singh

Irtisha Singh, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Cell Biology and Genetics

8447 Riverside Pkwy
Medical Research and Education Building II, Suite 4344
Bryan, TX 77807-3260

979.436.0856

isingh@tamu.edu

Shogo Sato

Shogo Sato

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

3258 TAMU Biological Sciences Building West Room 309

shogo.sato@bio.tamu.edu

Sanjukta Chakraborty

Sanjukta Chakraborty, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medical Physiology

Center for Translational Cancer Research

8447 Riverside Pkwy
2416 Medical Research and Education Building 2
Bryan 77807

979.436.0697

schakraborty@tamu.edu

Shreya Raghavan

Shreya Raghavan, PhD

Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering

Center for Translational Cancer Research

979.458.3126

sraghavan@tamu.edu

Mentors

Tanmay Lele

Tanmay Lele, PhD

Unocal Professor

Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

Center for Translational Cancer Research

tanmay.lele@tamu.edu

Weston Porter

Weston Porter

Professor

Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology

WPorter@cvm.tamu.edu

Stephen H. Safe

Stephen H. Safe, PhD

Joint Distinguished Professor

Molecular & Cellular Medicine

Veterinary Research Building, Room 140
College Station, TX 77840

979.845.5988

s-safe@tamu.edu

Yun Nancy Huang

Yun Nancy Huang, PhD

Professor

Associate Director, Center for Epigenetic and Disease Prevention (CEDP)

Department of Translational Medical Sciences

Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention

2121 W. Holcombe Blvd.
Office: Room 404 / Lab: Room 429
Houston, TX 77030-3303

713.677.7484

yun.huang@tamu.edu

Core Leaders

James J. Cai

James J. Cai

Professor

Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences

JCai@cvm.tamu.edu

Yang Ni

Yang Ni, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Statistics

Single Cell Data Science Core

Rick Silva

Rick Silva, PhD

Executive Director

Clinical | Translational | Industry Collaborations

Instructional Assistant Professor

Department of Translational Medical Sciences

Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine

2121 West Holcombe
Houston, TX 77030

ricksilva@tamu.edu

Marcia G. Ory

Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH

Regents & Distinguished Professor

Environmental and Occupational Health

212 Adriance Lab Rd.
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1266

979.436.9368

The Texas A&M Health Center of Excellence in Cancer Research is funded by a Texas Regional Excellence in Cancer (TREC) award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).