Prof. Dr. Malcom Brock is the Director of Clinical and
Translational Research in Thoracic Surgery and Professor of Surgery and
Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He received an M.D. degree from the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Brock is a surgeon who conducts
cancer research at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, specializing in
applying innovative basic science research to patient care. His main research
interests are in developing novel molecular biomarkers for solid tumors that
can help clinicians diagnose cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. He
has studied using DNA-based methods to predict which patients will develop
recurrent lung cancer, even after successful surgery, and to predict patients
with esophageal cancer who will be sensitive to certain chemotherapy. Dr. Brock
has published over 70 original research papers, book chapters, and review
articles, and has presented often at national and international conferences. He
has been the recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research Excellence, the
American College of Surgery Oncology Group, and the Society of Surgical
Oncology.
Dr. Peng Huang is an Associate Professor of Oncology at the
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Ph.D. studies
at the University of Rochester in 2000. Her research includes prediction
algorithm development using artificial intelligent methods (including machine
learning, deep learning, and computer-aided diagnosis), image texture analysis,
non-parametric multivariate analysis, statistical methods in clinical trials,
and minimum aberration split-plot design. She is the inventor of DeepLR which
estimates lung cancer risk and provides optimal screening intervals during the
follow-up screening visit.
Dr. Zaver M. Bhujwalla is a Professor of Radiology and
Radiological Science and the director of the Division of Cancer Imaging Research,
Department of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed her
Master’s studies at the University of Bombay and her Ph.D. studies at the University
of London. Her main research interests are understanding the role of the
physiological environment and vascularization in tumor progression, invasion, and
metastasis.
