Diversity & Inclusion Statement
Our lab is committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which all are welcome and respected - one that is inclusive of race, gender, faith, sexual orientation, ability, and socioeconomic status. We acknowledge that many identities are underrepresented in STEM and in academia, and that systemic racism and other discriminations create obstacles for students and postdocs. We strongly condemn behaviors and institutions that perpetuate these inequities, and we as a lab must act to dismantle the structural and systemic barriers to higher education.
Mission Statement
The mission of our lab is to create a space for students and postdocs to develop the skills necessary to be able to effectively question, research, and communicate scientific topics. We understand that differences will exist in the level of training, knowledge, personal circumstances, and life and career goals of lab members. As such, our goal is to provide an equitable academic opportunity while taking these conditions into account.
Principal Investigator
Jacob Scott, MD, DPhil
Staff, Departments of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research and Radiation OncologyAssociate Professor, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Associate Director for Data Science, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
I am a veteran of the US Navy submarine force turned academic physician-scientist. Our lab pursues research decomposing the complexity of cancer through mathematical modeling and the biological and clinical validation of these models. My educational background in physics, medicine, mathematics and engineering gives me a unique perspective on cancer and systems biology and I am able to communicate and collaborate with professionals across many disciplines. I have worked extensively on mathematical modeling of cancer evolution and treatment using a variety of models including evolutionary game theory, cellular automata, differential equations and Markov chains. My DPhil thesis focused on the role of heterogeneity, both genetic and microenvironmental, on cancer evolution and radiation response, and my laboratory’s focus is cancer evolution and therapy resistance. Since starting Theory Division, we have begun to diversify, and the lab now has a significant experimental component, conducting experimental evolution in cancer cell lines as well as bacteria. The combination of mathematics, experimental evolution and a clinical focus makes our laboratory stand out as one of the most interdisciplinary in the field of translational cancer evolution and evolutionary medicine. I am eager to use my distinct perspective to help advance this field to help cancer patients.
Staff
Post-doctoral Fellows
Graduate students
Eshan King
MD/PhD candidate studying computational modeling of resistance
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Nikhil Krishnan, MD
PhD candidate studying the impact of spatial structure on microbial evolution via theory, simulations, and experiments
Associated Junior Faculty
Part-time students
Lab alumni (listed by date of departure)
| Name | Lab Role | Current Position | Current Institution | contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Williamson, MD | MD student researcher | Assistant Professor | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Emory University | |
| Inom Mirzaev, PhD | Post-doctoral Fellow | Sr. Machine Learning Engineer | ||
| Elena Svenson | Graduate student | Scientific Community Manager | Code Ocean | |
| Erin McClure | Research Technologist | MD candidate | University of Florida | |
| Nara Yoon, PhD | Post-doctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor | Adelphi University | |
| Zahraa Al-Turaihi, MD | Research Fellow | Resident Physician, Radiology | Einstein Medical Center | |
| Emily Dolson, PhD | Post-doctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor | Michigan State University | |
| Artem Kaznatchev, PhD | DPhil student | Assistant Professor | Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University | |
| Geoff Sedor, MD | MD student researcher | Resident Physician | Columbia | |
| Nathan Farrokhian, MD | MD student researcher | Resident Physician | Kansas University | |
| Raoul Wadhwa, MD | MD student researcher | Medical Student | Cleveland Clinic Learner COllege of Medicine | |
| Patrick Ellsworth, MD | MD student researcher | Resident Physician | Brigham and Women's Hospital | |
| Vishhvaan Gopalakrishnan, MD | MD student Researcher | Resident Physician, Radiation Oncology | Johns Hopkins Medicine | |
| Luka Opašić, MD, PhD | Post-doctoral fellow | Chief Data Officer | Bulbitech AS | |
| Linh Huynh, PhD | PhD student | Post-doctoral fellow | University of Utah | |
| Olivia Beebe | Research Technologist | |||
| Eashwar Somasundaram | Med Student | |||
| Emily Ho | Med Student |