Fokhrul Hossain, PhD

Fokhrul Hossain, PhD

Assistant Professor-Research

Since the BS degree, Dr. Hossain was involved in multiple research projects in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Adult Stem Cell Biology, Cell metabolism and Cancer Biology. As a part of Ph.D. dissertation in cancer Immunology, he studied the metabolism of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) as a new therapeutic target for cancer treatment. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Hossain studied the role of Notch signaling in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Recently, Dr. Hossain received the ‘Health Disparities Scholar’ award (2020) from the Health Disparities Research Education program (HDREP), University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB).

LCRC Faculty

Missy Wooley
Population Sciences
Louisiana Tech University
Asim Abdel-Mageed DVM PhD
Translational Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Ramsy Abdelghani, MD
Translational Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Jiri Adamec, PhD
Translational Oncology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Sara Al-Dahir, PharmD, PhD, MPH
Population Sciences
Xavier University
Suresh K. Alahari PhD
Translational Oncology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Ashad Alam, MD, PhD
Cancer Biology
Ochsner Health
Muralidharan Anbalagan, PhD
Translational Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Wayne L. Backes PhD
Cancer Biology
LSU Health - New Orleans