Members

Marcela Haro, PhD

Research interests:
Dr. Haro is interested in the roles of B cells in ovarian cancer progression and the influence of cancer associated fibroblasts in the anti-tumor B cell response.

Fellowship in the Orsulic Lab:
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Ann and Sol Schreiber Mentored Investigator Award. Cancer associated fibroblasts hinder the B cell anti-tumor response.

Ye Hu, MD, PhD

Research interests:
Dr. Hu is interested in the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in shaping the immune composition of tumors and their potential as a therapeutic target.

Fellowship in the Orsulic Lab:
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Ann and Sol Schreiber Mentored Investigator Award. Reciprocal roles of CAFs and CD4+ T Cells in cancer progression.

Yael Raz Yana, MD, PhD

Research interests:
Dr. Raz Yana is interested in pre-cancer lesions in the fallopian tubes of BRCA1 mutation carriers and factors that contribute to malignant changes in the fallopian tube epithelial cells.

Fellowships in the Orsulic Lab:

• The Rivkin Center Scientific Scholar Award. Studying the fallopian tubes of BRCA mutation carriers to understand the infrastructure for malignant transformation.
• Foundation for Women’s Cancer Laura Crandall Brown Foundation Ovarian Cancer. Distinct early changes in the fallopian tubes of BRCA mutation carriers.
• Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Ann and Sol Schreiber Mentored Investigator Award. COL11A1 is a highly specific therapeutic target in cancer-activated stroma.

Maria Sol Recouvreux, PhD

Research interests:
Dr. Recouvreux studies the roles of fallopian tube secretory and ciliated cells in the formation of the pre-cancer niche.

Fellowship in the Orsulic Lab:
Tina’s Wish Rising Star. The role of ciliated cells in preventing fallopian tube cancer initiation.

Enes Taylan, MD

Research interests:
Dr. Taylan is interested in the earliest stages of ovarian cancer cell adhesion to the peritoneal mesothelium and targeted therapies in ovarian cancer.

Barbie Taylor-Harding, PhD

Research interests:
Dr. Taylor-Harding currently performs the managerial duties in the Orsulic Laboratory and conducts research on the role of fibroblasts mechanobiology in cancer progression.

Jingni Wu, MD

Research interests:
Dr. Wu is a Visiting Graduate Student in the Orsulic Laboratory where her research focuses on pre-cancer lesions in the fallopian tube and factors that contribute to malignant changes in the fallopian tube epithelial cells.