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

Donna Ryan MD
Population Sciences
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Nakhle Saba MD
Translational Oncology
Our Lady of the Lake / LSU Health
Hana Safah, MD
Translational Oncology
Our Lady of the Lake / LSU Health
Maria Sanchez-Pino PhD
Cancer Biology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Dr. Oliver Sartor
Translational Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Suzana Savkovic PhD
Cancer Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Tiffany N. Seagroves PhD
Cancer Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Qiang Shen MD PhD
Translational Oncology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Guillaume Spielmann, PhD
Genes X Environment
LSU A&M- Baton Rouge