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Portal Leads
Patient-Derived Xenograft Core
Academic Director: Michael Lewis, Ph.D.
Director: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
CPRIT Grant Project Manager
Lead: Anadulce Hernandez-Herrera, Ph.D.
Advanced Technology Cores

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538
Genomic Data Coordinator
Lead: Ram Rajaram Srinivasan, MS
Advanced Technology Cores

Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 798-1538

Portal Programs
Bladder PDX Program
1 Program
Bladder PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Bladder PDX Program
Lead: Seth Lerner M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor - Beth and Dave Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology
web: https://www.bcm.edu/departments/urology/research
Address: 7200 Cambridge Street | Suite 10C, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  bladdercan@bcm.edu
Breast PDX Program
4 Program
Breast PDX Program - 4 Contributors
HCI Breast PDX Program
Lead: Alana Welm Ph.D.
Ralph E. and Willia T. Main Presidential Endowed; Chair in Cancer Research; Senior Director of Basic Science
Address: 2000 Circle of Hope Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Email:  Alana.Welm@hci.utah.edu
UHB Breast PDX Program
Lead: Mohamed Bentires-Alj Ph.D.
Professor - Department Biomedizin
Address: 4031 Basel, Switzerland
Email:  m.bentires-alj@unibas.ch
MDA Breast PDX Program
Lead: Helen Piwnica-Worms Ph.D.
Professor - Experimental Radiation Oncology
Address: 6565 MD Anderson Blvd, Houston TX, 77030
Email:  hpiwnica-worms@mdanderson.org
BCM Breast PDX Program
Lead: Michael Lewis Ph.D.
Co-lead: Lacey Dobrolecki, MT, MS
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  mtlewis@bcm.edu
Colorectal PDX Program
1 Program
Colorectal PDX Program - 1 Contributor
UTA Colorectal PDX Program
Lead: Anna Capasso M.D., Ph.D.
Co-lead: Alexander Somma
Department of Oncology
Address: 1601 Trinity St., Bldg. B, Austin, TX 78712
Email:  anna.capasso@austin.utexas.edu
Leukemia PDX Program
1 Program
Leukemia PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Leukemia PDX Program
Lead: Michele Redell M.D., Ph.D.
Co-lead: Alexandra M. Stevens, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics
Address: 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  mlredell@texaschildrens.org
Liver PDX Program
1 Program
Liver PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Liver PDX Program
Lead: Sarah Woodfield Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - M.E. DeBakey Department of Surgery; Texas Children's Department of Surgery
Address: 1102 Bates Ave, Ste. 4601, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  sewoodfi@texaschildrens.org
Lymphoma PDX Program
1 Program
Lymphoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Lymphoma PDX Program
Lead: Michael Lewis Ph.D.
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  mtlewis@bcm.edu
Lung PDX Program
1 Program
Lung PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Lung PDX Program
Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki M.T., M.S.
Clinical Lead: Robert Taylor Ripley, M.D., B.S.
Lab Lead
Address: One Baylor Plaza, N1210, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  dobrolec@bcm.edu
Gyn Onc PDX Program
1 Program
Ovarian PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Gynecological PDX Program
Lead: Lacey Dobrolecki M.T., M.S.
Clinical Lead: Jan Sunde, M.D.
Lab Lead
Address: 7200 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  dobrolec@bcm.edu
Pancreas PDX Program
1 Program
Pancreas PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Pancreas PDX Program
Lead: Qizhi Cathy Yao M.D., Ph.D.
Surgeon Collaborators: William E. Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S., and George Van Buren, I.I., M.D., F.A.C.S.
web: https://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/care-centers/pancreas-center
Address: One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
Email:  qizhiyao@bcm.edu
Prostate PDX Program
1 Program
Prostate PDX Program - 1 Contributor
BCM Prostate PDX Program
Lead: Salma Kaochar
Email:  Salma.Kaochar@bcm.edu
Sarcoma PDX Program
1 Program
Sarcoma PDX Program - 1 Contributor
TCH Sarcoma PDX Program
Lead: Nino Rainusso
Email:  ncrainuss@texaschildrens.org