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Marchetti Research Laboratory

The Marchetti Research Lab is primarily focused on determining inflammatory pathways that facilitate solid tumor progression and immunosuppression.

Messersmith Research Laboratory

The Messersmith lab implements a personalized approach in developing new anticancer drugs for GI cancers by using novel colorectal and pancreatic explant models.

Pitts Research Laboratory

The Pitts (GI Translational Research) Lab is focused on developing new novel therapies for colorectal and pancreatic cancers and in finding rational combination partners for molecularly-targeted anticancer and immunotherapy agents.

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meet our team

Emily Baiyee Toegel, MD

S. Lindsey Davis, MD

Alexis Leal, MD

Christopher Lieu, MD

Carlo Marchetti

Carlo Marchetti, PhD

Messersmith, Wells

Wells Messersmith, MD

Brooke Parker, BSN, RN

Emily Parsons, MSN, RN

Todd Pitts, PhD

Meghan Scheid, PA-C

John Tentler, PhD

Margaret Wheless, MD

Margaret Wheless, MD

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