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

Christina O'Grady, PhD
Cancer Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Augusto Ochoa MD
Translational Oncology
LSU Health - New Orleans
John Pang MD
Population Sciences
LSU Health - Shreveport
Efthymios Papadopoulos, PhD
Population Sciences
LSU- Baton Rouge
Heewon Park, PhD
Translational Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Florastina Payton-Stewart PhD
Translational Oncology
Xavier University
Laura Perry, PhD
Population Sciences
Tulane University School of Medicine
Francesca Peruzzi PhD
Genes X Environment
LSU Health - New Orleans
Om Prakash PhD
Cancer Biology
LSU Health - New Orleans