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Associate Professor

Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology

Email Address: 

Office Address: 

900 East 57th Street
KCBD 5140 (5th floor)
Chicago, IL 60637

Lab Address: 

900 E. 57th Street
KCBD 5220-A
Chicago, IL 60637

Website URL

Onel Lab

Education: 

Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology
Director, Familial Cancer Clinic Hematology/Oncology

Research Summary: 

Dr. Kenan Onel is an expert in cancer genetics and cancer biology. His research is aimed at identifying and studying functionally the genetic basis of cancer susceptibility by identifying genes and genetic markers that alter cancer risk in both inherited and sporadic cancers. His work is largely directed towards developing studies minimizing inter-individual heterogeneity in order to improve the detection of genetic risk variants with large effects and gene x exposure interactions. By understanding the genetic contribution to cancer in the context of exposures, he is then able to perform hypothesis-driven laboratory studies to investigate the role of these variants.

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