People

Andrew C. Dudley, PhD

Professor
Email: acd2g@virginia.edu
Phone: (434)924-7766

Drew completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne in Australia where he worked on endothelial cell dysfunction associated with diabetic retinopathy. He was then a post doc and Instructor at Harvard Medical School & Children’s Hospital Boston and a member of the Vascular Biology Program headed by Dr. Judah Folkman. For his post doc with Dr. Michael Klagsbrun, Drew focused on the tumor microenvironment and he carried out studies to determine how endothelial cell dysfunction drives tumor progression. In December 2010, Drew started his own lab at UNC Chapel Hill where he was an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology. In 2016, he was recruited to the University of Virginia where he is currently a Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and a member of the Emily Couric Cancer Center.

Dae Joong Kim, PhD

Research Scientist
Email: dk2ka@virginia.edu

“My research focuses on the methylation dependent control of tumor blood vessel morphogenesis and tumor immune surveillance. I use a variety of transgenic tumor models and conditional-deletion strategies to study the cross talk between tumor endothelial cells and immune cells.”

Swetha Anandh, PhD Student

PhD Student
Email: sa8mj@virginia.edu

“I am interested in cross-talk between tumor-associated endothelial cells and adaptive immune cells. My major focus area is understanding how dysfunctional tumor blood vessels impair anti-tumor immunity.”

Jamie Null, PhD Student

PhD Student
Email: jln5me@virginia.edu

“My research focuses on cancer-associated fibroblast (CAFs) heterogeneity in solid tumors. I use a lineage tracing mouse model that allows us to study the spatial and temporal distribution of CAF subtypes and their progeny and their association with the vasculature in the tumor microenvironment.”

Sarah Wang, MSTP Student

MSTP Student
Email: scw5dn@virginia.edu

“I am focused on interactions between brain tropic melanoma cells and the vasculature. I am studying how cancer cells utilize vascular-derived factors to invade and spread along the surface of brain blood vessels.”

Jingwen (Wendy) Hu, PhD student

PhD student
Email: jh5ms@virginia.edu

“I am studying blood vessel heterogeneity in solid tumors and draining lymph nodes using models of glioma.”

Caroline Riedstra, PhD student

PhD student
Email: dxd9hs@virginia.edu

“I am interested in mechanisms of perivascular invasion by cancer cells in the brain and other organ microenvironments.”

Sonia Patel, Undergraduate

Undergraduate
Email: sap2zb@virginia.edu

Yuvraj Sethi, Undergraduate

Undergraduate
Email: qds7uf@virginia.edu

Joan Chang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
James Dunleavey, PhD
Former Graduate Student
James McCann, PhD
Former Graduate Student
Lin Xiao, PhD
Former Graduate Student
Yu Zhang, PhD
Post doctoral fellow