Personnel

Principal Investigators

Joseph Crompton

Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Crompton is a cancer surgeon and immunologist at UCLA; his research is centered on de-escalating morbid and unnecessary operations for cancer patients. His clinical focus is on the multi-modality treatment of soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma and cutaneous malignancies.

Scott

Scott Eggener, MD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Eggener is a urologic oncologist who specializes in the care of patients with prostate, testicular, and kidney cancers. His research on urologic cancers, primarily on prostate and testicular cancer, has resulted in over 350 peer-reviewed publications.

Jessica Rett

Jessica Rett, PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Rett is a linguist at UCLA whose research focuses on the meaning of words and sentences, and how meanings change from context to context.

Co-Investigators and Research Affiliates

Matthew Cooperberg, MD MPH

Research affiliate

Professor of Urology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

Kenechukwu Ojukwu, MD MS MPP

Co-Investigator

Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Pathology

Gladell Paner, MD

Research Affiliate

Professor of Pathology, U Chicago

Andrew Vickers, PhD

Research Affiliate

Attending Research Methodologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Adam Weiner, MD

Research Affiliate

Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Urology

James Wu, MD

Co-Investigator

Assistant Professor of Surgery, DGSOM, and Endocrine Surgeon

Michael Yeh, MD

Co-Investigator

Chief of UCLA Endocrine Surgery

Medical Director of the UCLA Endocrine Center

Research Assistants

Evan Hochstein

Research Assistant

UCLA PhD Student

Former Personnel

Elena Hughes

Former Co-Investigator

Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Former Principal Investigator

Rajam Raghunathan is a general surgeon at Hawai'i Pacific Health, former UCLA research fellow, and former assistant professor in philosophy.

Allison Rulli

Former Research Assistant

UCLA BA, MA

Grace Shoemaker

Former Research Assistant

UCLA BA

Nick Sienna, MD

Former Research Assistant