Fellows
Fellows in Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
![Kunal Desai, MD, MBA, MS](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2022/09/Kunal_Desai.jpg)
Kunal Desai, MD, MBA, MS
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: De novo drug discovery in solid tumors; this includes the spectrum – from identifying novel targets to elucidating their mechanism of action to developing novel targeted therapies.
Research Mentors: Russell Szmulewitz, MD
![Jacobi Hines, MD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2022/09/Jacobi_Hines2.jpg)
Jacobi Hines, MD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Optimization of cancer immunotherapies; specifically, combination therapies, predicting response and predicting/treating immune related adverse events.
Research Mentors: Pankti Reid, MD and Marina Chiara Garassino, MD.
![Nabiel Mir, MD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2022/09/Nabiel_Mir2.jpg)
Nabiel Mir, MD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Early phase clinical trials for vulnerable patients, geriatrics, AI and precision dosing, digital health.
Research Mentor: Russell Szmulewitz, MD
![Marcel Bertsch-Gout, MD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/thumbnail_Marcel-Bertsch-Gout-Faceshot-1.jpg)
Marcel Bertsch-Gout, MD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Early phase clinical trials; improving the side effect profiles of psychiatric medications by increasing receptor specificity.
Research Mentors: Royce Lee, MD and Harriet de Witt, PhD
![Joseph Cannova, MD, PhD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/thumbnail_Cannova-Joseph-MD-Fellow-1.jpg)
Joseph Cannova, MD, PhD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Investigating mechanisms of recurrent cytogenetic alterations in therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia with loss of chromosome 7 domains.
Research Mentors: Megan McNerney, MD, PhD
![Youngwoo Cho, PharmD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/thumbnail_Youngwoo-Cho-Headshot.jpg)
Youngwoo Cho, PharmD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Translation of pharmacogenomics (PGx) in clinical oncology, early-phase clinical development, and pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of immunotherapy
Research Mentor: Peter H. O’Donnell, MD
![Sabrina Imam, MD, PhD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/thumbnail_Imam_Sabrina-5269-P_CROPPED.jpg)
Sabrina Imam, MD, PhD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Characterizing the intestinal microbiome and metabolome in people undergoing chemotherapy in hopes of identifying metabolites associated with favorable clinical outcomes and protection from infection
Research Mentors: Eric G. Pamer, MD
![Danica Quickfall, MDCM](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/Danica-Quickfall-Headshot-1.jpg)
Danica Quickfall, MDCM
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Understanding sedative and antimicrobial administration in critically ill patients. Focus on optimizing antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy and novel routes of medication administration
Research Mentors: Jay Koyner, MD
![Robert Cameron, MD](https://ccpp.uchicago.edu/files/2023/08/thumbnail_022823-Robert-Cameron-Fellow-MD.jpg)
Robert Cameron, MD
Fellow, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
Research Interest: Identification of metabolic vulnerabilities within tumors to develop new therapeutic targets and combinations
Research Mentors: Brandon Faubert, PhD and Marina Garassino, MD