Jia Ruan, MD, PhD
Jia Ruan, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Ruan graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis. She received comprehensive training in medicine and immunology leading to combined MD-PhD degrees from the Tri-Institutional Medical Scientist Training Program of Cornell University, the Rockefeller University and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute. She completed internship and residency in internal medicine and started a clinical fellowship in Hematology at the Stanford University Medical Center. Returning to Cornell, Dr. Ruan completed a fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. She is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Ruan's clinical practice includes patients with lymphoma, myeloma, and other hematological disorders.
Following her long-standing interest in tumor immunology and vascular medicine, Dr. Ruan is actively involved in clinical and translational research aimed at development of novel therapeutics targeting tumor microenvironment. Her research efforts have been recognized and supported by competitive funding from Cornell CARCC, the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the ASCO Foundation Young Investigator Award and the ASCO Foundation Junior Faculty Career Development Award, in addition to the K08 Clinical Scientist Career Development Award from the National Institute of Health (NHLBI).
Abbey Fueger, BA, BSN, RN
Abbey Fueger is a Clinical Trial Nurse Navigator for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Prior to joining the LLS, Ms. Fueger was a Clinical Research Nurse at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California. At City of Hope, she managed a portfolio of hematology trials, including Phase 1 lymphoma studies. She is currently enrolled in a Clinical Trials Management program at the University of Edinburgh. She received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her BSN from Indiana University.
