St. Jude Research

Sherr-Roussel Laboratory Alumni

About Charles Sherr

Dr. Charles J. Sherr has made seminal contributions to the understanding of oncogenes and tumor suppressors, the mechanics of cell division cycle control, and how key cell cycle regulators are perturbed in cancer. His accomplishments have justly earned his election to the AAAS, to the National Academies of Science and Medicine, and as an Inaugural Fellow of AACR, among notable other awards and appointments. Dr. Sherr was the recipient of continuous, unfettered support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for 30 years until he transitioned to emeritus status in 2019. In partnership with longtime collaborator and spouse, Dr. Martine Roussel, Dr. Sherr transformed the basic and translational pediatric cancer research landscape of St. Jude.

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Lab Alumni

Masashi Adachi, MD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1995-1997
  • Post-lab experience: Director, Mizuno Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Soni J. Anderson, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1983-1984
  • Post-lab experience: N/A

David Bertwistle, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2003-2007
  • Post-lab experience: Managing Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York, NY

Willem den Besten, PhD

  • Role: Technician and Graduate Student
  • Tenure: 2000-2008
  • Post-lab experience: Principal Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California

Gary Borzillo, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1987-1991
  • Post-lab experience: Director, Translational Oncology. Pfizer Global Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut

Mangeng Cheng, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1995-1999
  • Post-lab experience: Department of in vitro Pharmacology, Principal Scientist, Lead Investigator, Merck & Co., Boston, Massachusetts

Michelle L. Churchman, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2009-2011
  • Post-lab experience: Scientific Director (Clinical and Life Sciences), Aster Insights, Tampa, Florida

J. Alan Diehl, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1995-1999
  • Post-lab experience: Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chair, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western University

Wayne L. Furman, MD

  • Role: Clinical Fellow
  • Tenure: 1984-1987
  • Post-lab experience: Member Emeritus, St. Jude Faculty, Department of Oncology, Solid Tumor Division

Adam Gromley, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2005-2010
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, Tennessee

Jean-Michel Heard, PhD

  • Role: Visiting Associate Scientist
  • Tenure: 1986-1987
  • Post-lab experience: Director, Retrovirus and Genetic Transfer Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Hiroshi Hirai, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1993-1996
  • Post-lab experience: Director, Molecular Target Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kazushi Inoue, MD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1998-2001
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Takehiko Kamijo, MD, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1997-1998
  • Post-lab experience: Head, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Carcinogenesis, Chiba Cancer Research Institute, Chiba, Japan

Jun-ya Kato, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1988-1995
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Molecular Genetics, Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Nara, Japan

Mei-Ling Kuo, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Staff Scientiste
  • Tenure: 1997-2008
  • Post-lab experience: Sr. Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California

Horng-Mo Lee, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1991-1992
  • Post-lab experience: President, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

Chunliang Li, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2012-2017
  • Post-lab experience: Associate Member, Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude, Memphis, Tennessee

Masaaki Matsuoka, MD, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1992-1994
  • Post-lab experience: Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo Medical University, Japan

Hitoshi Matsushime, MD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1989-1992
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Molecular Biology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan

Masahiro Ohtsuka, MD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1987-1989
  • Post-lab experience: Senior Scientist, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Tsukuba, Japan

Jolieke G. van Oosterwijk, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2017-2019
  • Post-lab experience: Chief Scientific Officer, US Biologic, Memphis, Tennessee

Dawn E. Quelle, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1993-1996
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Carl W. Rettenmier, MD, PhD

  • Role: St Jude Faculty, Department of Tumor Cell Biology
  • Tenure: 1983-1988
  • Post-lab experience: Professor of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (deceased 2006)

Veronika Sexl, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1996-1998
  • Post-lab experience: Chair, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Sheila A. Shurtleff, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1992-1995
  • Post-lab experience: Director, Molecular Pathology, Cleveland Clinic

David Strom, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1991-1993
  • Post-lab experience: Associate Dean for Research and Director, Biomedical Sciences, Des Moines (Iowa) University

Masataka Sugimoto, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2003-2008
  • Post-lab experience: Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, and Research Institute, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan

Kenji Tago, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 2004-2006
  • Post-lab experience: Assistant Professor, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan

Susan Vallance-Watson, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1990-1994
  • Post-lab experience: Scientific Editor and Medical Writer, Founder, Obsidia Communications LLC, Cheshire, Connecticut

Emmanuel J. Volanakis, MD

  • Role: Clinical Fellow, Hematology-Oncology
  • Tenure: 2009-2011
  • Post-lab experience: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Hematology-Oncology), Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Mary H. Walker, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1984-1987
  • Post-lab experience: Program Replication Manager, UTeach Institute, University of Texas at Austin

Ted van Daalen Wetters, PhD

  • Role: Associate Scientist
  • Tenure: 1989-1991
  • Post-lab experience: Science Teacher, Oceana High School, Pacifica, California

Esther F. Wheeler, PhD

  • Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Tenure: 1985-1988
  • Post-lab experience: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas (through July, 2005)

Richard T. Williams MD, PhD

  • Role: Clinical Fellow, Hematology-Oncology
  • Tenure: 2005-2007
  • Post-lab experience: Chief Medical Officer, Kinnate Biopharma, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California