People
Principal Investigator
Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Email: dgg3f@virginia.edu
Phone: 434-982-4243
Lab Specialist
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Anathbandhu Chaudhuri, Stillman College. UVA NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center STRIVE (Short-Term Research Initiative for Visiting Educators) Scholar.
Cancer Community Research Advocate
Dr. Wole Adesina, UVA NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – Cancer Community Research Advocate
Mentored Collaborator
Dr. Fabian Bolte, UVA Hematology and Oncology Fellow
Undergraduate Students
Marisol Guzman, UVA. Harrison Fellow
Aidan Glenn, UVA. Harrison Fellow
Faith Onomeh, Stillman College. UVACCC CRTEC and SRIP scholar
Former Lab Members
Postdoctoral trainees:
Dr Samantha DiBenedetto, 2021 – 2023 UVACCC Farrow Fellow
Dr Christine Lehman, 2017 – 2020 Cancer Training Grant postdoctoral trainee
Dr. Huy Ta, 9/2011 – 1/2019 Research Scientist
Dr. Kate Owen, 06/2016 – 12/2017 Instructor in MIC
Dr. L. Morgan-Obrien (MD), 2013 – 2014 UVA Cancer Center Farrow Fellow
Dr. Yulia Koryakina, 03/2009 – 05/2014 UVA Cancer Center Farrow Fellow
Dr. Samson Amos, 01/2010 – 01/2011 Research Scientist
Graduate Students:
Emillia Korczmar, Fulbright visiting graduate student, Poland 2023 – 2024
Tommy Scott, co-mentored with Dr Michael Guertin, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. PhD eared 2024
Agata Leśniewska, Fulbright visiting graduate student, Poland, July 2020 – August 2022
Patryk Krakowiak, Fulbright visiting graduate student, Poland, July 2019-August 2020
Sylwia Hasterok, Fulbright visiting graduate student, Poland, July 2019-August 2020
Anna Piasecka, visiting MS student from Warsaw University, 07/2010 – 08/2011
Ann Kolodziejczak, visiting MS student from Institute of Human Genetics, Poznan, 05/2014 – 06/2015
Laboratory Specialists:
Anna Sacchetti, 2024 – 2025
Adam Spenser, 2019 – 2023
Shriti Bhadel, 06/2008 – 07/2010
Sam Jackson, 06/2015 – 01/2016
Mel Ivey, 09/2010 – 08/2013
Garnett Mingledorff, 9/2016 – 10/2018
Madison Ramsden, 06/2014 – 06/2015
Natalie Dworak, 10/2016 – 3/2019
University of Virginia Undergraduate Mentoring, Senior Honors Thesis supervisor:
Cristen Huynh, Biology, UVA Class of 2023, Project: Androgen Receptor Phosphorylation-Induced Changes to Transcriptional Co-Regulator Binding in Prostate Cancer
Christopher Xie, Statistics and Biology, UVA Class of 2023 Project: Utilizing Single Cell Sequencing to Determine Differential Expression of Immune Modulatory Proteins between RAS and EGFR Mutant Patients
Hannah Ashe, Chemistry, UVA Class of 2021. Saxon Undergraduate Scholar. Project: Tumor Oncogene Driven Differences in the Expression of Immune Modulatory Proteins in Endothelial Cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Sarah Hall, Biomedical Engineering, UVA Class of 2021. Project: The Additive Cytotoxic Effect of BMS754807 and BMS599626 on the Head and Neck Cancer Proteome.
Samantha Reiss; UVA class of 2019, Project: The Effect of Disrupted and Healthy Sleep on Pancreatic Cancer Growth
Jamison Burkes; UVA Class of 2019, Project: Optimization of a Dynamic Culture System for Tumor Microenvironment
Rose Sleppy; Chemistry, UVA class of 2018, Harrison Fellow. Project: Therapeutic Potential of Inhibiting CHK2 Signaling for Prostate Cancer
Ashe (Jeffrey) Allende; Engineering, UVA class of 2018, Harrison Fellow. Project: Designing a Cardiac Metastasis Model
Kurtis Jungersen; Engineering; UVA class of 2015 Project: Development of an Inventory Management System for Research Laboratories
Hilary Whitworth; Biology; UVA class of 2011, Harrison. Fellow Project: Signaling pathways targeting AR transcriptional activity
Michelle Kew; Biology, UVA of 2011, Harrison Fellow. Project: Targeting the EGFR and STAT3 pathways in melanoma
Daniel Neitzke; Biology, UVA class of 2009, Harrison Fellow. Project: Combinatorial therapeutic targets in bladder cancer signaling pathways.
James Edwards; Chemistry, UVA class of 2006. Project: Development of Polymeric Metal Complexes for prostate cancer therapy.
Chris Reynolds; Chemistry, UVA class of 2006. Project: Brm and Brg1 regulation of AR transcription.
David Aaronson; Chemistry, UVA class of 1999. Project: AR phosphorylation in prostate cancer progression.
Additional Undergraduate mentees:
2023 summer Sophie Bizink; Keen University; Summer Research Intern Program UVA
Shirin Parsa; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Summer Research Intern Program UVA 2018. Project: Effect of sleep hormones on NSCLC growth.
Nicole Williams; Megar Evers University CUNY; Summer Research Intern Program UVa 2016. Project: Effect of CHK2 signaling inhibitors on AR mediated prostate cancer cell growth.
Ashley Fox; Middleburry College. Summer Intern with fellowship from Middlebury 2016. Project: Chemotherapeutic response of NSCLC in a 3D in vitro TME model.
Alyssa Dixon; Chaminade University; Summer Research Intern Program UVA 2013. Project: Combinations of targeted small molecule kinase inhibitors in HNSCC.
Angélica M. Gonzalez-Sanchez; University of Puerto Rico; Summer Research Intern Program UVA 2012. Project: Effect of Aurora kinases on AR mediated prostate cancer cell growth.
Marissa Minor; Chaminade University; Summer Research Intern Program UVA 2009. Project: Effect of Cortactin on AR Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Transcription.
Volunteers:
April Pisano, 08/2015 – 05/2016
Colleen Geraghty, 04/2015 – 08/2015