Current Lab Members
Sudarshan Anand
Principal Investigator
I graduated with a PhD in Immunology working with Lieping Chen at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Subsequently I worked as a postdoctoral scholar with David Cheresh at UCSD where I investigated the role of microRNAs in tumor angiogenesis. I joined the department of Cell, Developmental Cancer Biology as an Assistant professor in March 2014 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.
Rebecca Ruhl
Lab Manager
My research focus is on finding biological markers that will both predict and identify early stage colorectal cancer in patients under the age of fifty. The incidence of colorectal cancer in people under fifty years of age is growing at an alarming pace. We need a new paradigm to diagnose these individuals in the early stages of disease, minimizing the impact on their well being.
Adrian Baris
Graduate Student
I am a graduate student in Cancer Biology. I joined the Anand Lab in Summer 2020. I have been exploring how nucleic acid sensing affects endothelial cells using cell culture and genetically engineered mouse models.
Arthur Affleck
Resident, General Surgery
I am a surgeon with an interest in colorectal surgery. I am spending a research year in the Anand lab working on identifying druggable targets in early onset colorectal cancer.
Deja Brooks
Graduate Student
I am a graduate student jointly mentored by Sud Anand and Michael Cohen. I joined the Anand-Cohen labs in April 2022. My work is focused on understanding how the RIG-I pathway interacts with PARP signaling in cancer.
Lab Alumni and their current positions
Clayton Hudson, Regulatory Affairs Program, Northeastern Univ.
Eugenia Fraile-Bethencourt, Teacher Training Program, Spain
Sokchea Khou, Postdoc, OHSU
Laura Polkinghorn,
Kate Watson, Resident, General Surgery, OHSU
Ivy Gardner, Resident, General Surgery, OHSU
Namita Chatterjee, Senior Scientist, PTC Therapeutics, NJ
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh
Mallorie Mitchem, Undergraduate, Case Western Reserve University
Shushan Rana, Radiation Oncologist, PeaceHealth, WA
Marlee Feltham, Undergraduate, Boston University
Rishima Mukherjee, Undergraduate, Johns Hopkins University
Sanjana Rasamsetti, Undergraduate, Austin College
Raga Siddharthan, Resident, General Surgery, OHSU
Raphael Byrne, General Surgeon, OHSU
Latroy Robinson, Research Assistant, OHSU
Katherine Kelley, Surgeon, Bronson Health, Kalamazoo, MI
RaeAnna Wilson, Research Associate, Yecuris
Nathan Kanner, Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado
Christina Hipfinger, Clinical coordinator, Graaf Lab, OHSU
Erin Helms, Graduate Student, Sherman Lab, OHSU
Heidi Grompe, Medical Student, OHSU
Mohammad Farhad, Senior Associate Scientist, Amgen, CA