Labs

Faculty members have dedicated research laboratory space located within the various buildings on the EVMS campus. These labs, staffed by dedicated principle investigators, research associates, technicians and students are the foundation of the schools research efforts.

 

Director
Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center

Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology

Harry T. Lester Hall 426
651 Colley Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23501
Office: (757) 446-5904
Email: SemmesOJ@evms.edu
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 Teaching:

• Biomedical Sciences Program

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Education

• B.S. Auburn University
• M.S. University of West Florida
• Ph.D. George Washington University
• Post Doctoral Fellow - National Institute of Health

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Professional Positions

2009-Present

• Director, Leroy T. Canoles, Jr. Cancer Research Center
  Eastern Virginia Medical School

2005 - Present

• Professor
  Department of Pathology and Anatomy
  Eastern Virginia Medical School

2004 - Present

• Professor
  Department of Microbiology & Molecular Cell Biology
  Eastern Virginia Medical School

2001 - 2004

• Associate Professor
  Department of Microbiology & Molecular Cell Biology
  Eastern Virginia Medical School

1997 - 2001

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Microbiology
  University of Virginia

1996 - 1997

• Research Associate
  Department of Pharmacology
  Johns Hopkins Medical Institute

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Lab Members

	Xin(Cindy)Guo Instructor guox@evms.edu Ph.D. - The University of Hong Kong, School of Medicine - 2000 Hong Kong, China
	LiFang Yang Post-Doc yanglf@evms.edu M.D. - Peking University Health Science Center - 1998 Peking, China Ph.D. - Eastern Virginia Medical School - 2010 Norfolk, Virginia
	Hampus Alexander Anders Engström Research Associate I engstrh@evms.edu M.S. - Eastern Virginia Medical School - 2014 Norfolk, Virginia
	Vanessa L. Correll Research Assistant II correlvl@evms.edu B.S. - Christopher Newport University - 2013 Newport News, Virginia M.S. Eastern Virginia Medical School - 2015 Norfolk, Virginia

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