Shannon Mumenthaler's Biography

Shannon Mumenthaler, Assistant Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Ellison Institute

Shannon Mumenthaler, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. She is also the Laboratory Director for the Ellison Institute of Transformative Medicine, which is a translational institute that bridges research and innovation by bringing together researchers, patients, and physicians dedicated to improving human health. Her multidisciplinary research program is focused on providing new insights into the significance of the physical and cellular microenvironment on colorectal cancer progression through the development and utilization of physiologically relevant, organ-dependent tumor models that allow for the characterization of cancer cell dynamics, and serves as a platform for testing specific therapeutic modalities.