Luisa Iruela-Arispe, a vascular biologist, was named co-leader of the Tumor Environment and Metastasis Program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
The goal of the TEAM Program is to elucidate how interactions between tumor cells, immune cells, and components of the host stromal microenvironment impact tumor development and progression.
Iruela-Arispe is chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Stephen Walter Ranson Professor. Her research focuses on the signaling pathways that regulate vascular morphogenesis during development and pathological settings. Her cancer research interests include the molecular mechanisms that result in the emergence of angiosarcomas and the cross-talk between endothelial and tumor cells in the process of metastasis.
In collaboration with TEAM co-leader, Hidayatullah Munshi, she will help advance efforts to translate basic science discoveries from the TEAM Program into clinical practice.
