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Cancer Biology (CBIO) News & Announcements

Manasvi Sheta

Congratulations 2025 Graduate

Congratulations to Manasvi Sheta, 2025 graduate of the Cancer Biology program. Manasvi completed her MS thesis in the lab of Dr. Eishi Noguchi.


Congratulations 2024 Graduates

Congratulations to our 2024 MS graduates of the Cancer Biology program.

Congratulations to our 2024 MS graduates of the Cancer Biology program. Pictured: Kshiti Vaishnav and Britney Black
Pictured: Kshiti Vaishnav and Britney Black

Congratulations to our 2024 MS graduates of the Cancer Biology program. Pictured: Vidhi Shah, Kshiti Vaishnav and Ally Criswel
Pictured: Vidhi Shah, Kshiti Vaishnav and Ally Criswel


Recent Thesis Defenses

We congratulate the following master’s and PhD students from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies on the successful defense of their theses. Read more.


2023 Cancer Biology Program Graduates

Congratulations 2023 Graduates

Congratulations to Jennifer Lynch and Justin Do, 2023 graduates of the Cancer Biology program. Jennifer completed her MS thesis in the lab of Dr. Alessandro Fatatis and Justin in the lab of Dr. Christian Sell.


Congratulations 2022 Graduates

Congratulations to Dalal Hassan, Pritika Shahani and Samuel Evans, 2022 graduates of the Cancer Biology program. Dalal completed her non-thesis MS in the lab of Dr. Alfonso Bellacosa, Pritika completed her MS thesis in the lab of Dr. Michael Bouchard and Samuel in the lab of Dr. Sri Somarowthu.

Drexel Cancer Biology program student Dalal Hassan
Drexel Cancer Biology program student Pritika Shahani
Drexel Cancer Biology program student Samuel Evans

Alumni Publication in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

MS Cancer Biology graduate Fatimah Alfaran (2020) is co-author on a recent publication entitled "Copper Modulates the Catalytic Activity of Protein Kinase CK2” in the June 2022 issue of Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. Fatimah performed her MS thesis research in lab of Dr. Todd Strochlic.

Fatimah Alfaran

Alumni Congratulations

Congratulations to Pritika Shahani, MS candidate in our Cancer Biology program working in lab of Dr. Michael Bouchard, who will be starting a PhD program in at Medical University of South Carolina in Fall 2022.

Drexel Cancer Biology program student Pritika Shahani

Alumni Congratulations

Congratulations to Samuel Evans, MS candidate in our Cancer Biology program working in lab of Dr. Sri Somarowthu, who will be attending the PhD program in Genetics, Genomics, and Cancer Biology at Thomas Jefferson University in Fall 2022.

Drexel Cancer Biology program student Samuel Evans

Alumni Publication in Oncogene

MS Cancer Biology graduates Jing Ju (2019) and Rebecca Moeller (2020) are co-authors on a recent publication entitled "O-GlcNAc transferase regulates glioblastoma acetate metabolism via regulation of CDK5-dependent ACSS2 phosphorylation" in the February 2022 issue of Oncogene. Jing and Rebecca performed their MS thesis research in lab of Dr. Mauricio Reginato.

Jing Ju
Rebecca Moeller

Congratulations 2021 Graduates

Congratulations to the 2021 graduates of the Cancer Biology program: Marwah Al-Aloosi and Melissa Sutton-Navaro!

Marwah Al-Aloosi: Drexel Cancer Biology Program
Melissa Sutton-Navaro: Drexel Cancer Biology Program

Student Publication in JoVE

Rebecca Moeller is a co-author on a recent publication entitled "An Ex Vivo Brain Slice Model to Study and Target Breast Cancer Brain Metastatic Tumor Growth" in the September 2021 issue of the Journal of Visual Experimentation (JoVE). Rebecca performed her MS thesis research in lab of Dr. Mauricio Reginato.

Rebecca Moeller: Drexel Cancer Biology Program

Student Publication in Molecular Oncology

Shivani Sheth co-authored a publication, “FANCD2 limits acetaldehyde-induced genomic instability during DNA replication in esophageal keratinocytes,” in the July 2021 issue of Molecular Oncology. Shivani conducted her MS thesis research in the lab of Dr. Eishi Noguchi.

Shivani Sheth: Drexel Cancer Biology Program

Recent Thesis Defenses

Melissa Sutton-Navaro: Cancer Biology Program

Melissa Sutton-Navarro, MS
May 2021, Non-Thesis review title: “Targeting epigenetic vulnerabilities in high-grade serous ovarian cancer”
Advisor: Dr. Todd Strochlic

Marwa Al-Aloosi: Drexel Cancer Biology Program

Marwa Al-Aloosi, MS, MD
May 2021, Non-Thesis review title: “Clinical review of hepatocellular carcinoma”
Advisor: Dr. Michael Bouchard


Michael Bouchard, PhD, Receives the 2021 Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award

The College of Medicine's Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award is presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in mentoring colleagues, residents, or students, by creating a supportive, effective environment in research, clinical care, education or scholarship, while advocating for the advancement of their mentees, and serving as a trusted advisor and role model. Bouchard was honored at a virtual ceremony, along with other Faculty Award recipients, on June 4.


Mauricio Reginato, PhD, Receives the 2021 Julian Marsh Faculty Scholar Award

The College of Medicine's Julian Marsh Faculty Scholar Award is presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in scientific research, achieved international recognition, demonstrated outstanding teaching skills, mentored students as well as peers, and provided consistent, high-quality leadership to the medical school, creating a better environment for all faculty and students. Reginato was honored at a virtual ceremony, along with other Faculty Award recipients, on June 4.


Bradford Jameson, PhD, and Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD, receive 2021 Golden Apple Awards

The College of Medicine's annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service and teaching by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff.

A Cancer Biology program graduate student working in the lab at Drexel University College of Medicine.