Sufi Mary Thomas, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is a co-Leader in the Cancer Biology Program at the University of Kansas Cancer Center. Dr. Thomas completed her PhD at the University of Mumbai in India and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Thomas specializes in head and neck cancer translational research. Her lab is currently delineating the mechanisms whereby non-malignant cells in the tumor microenvironment facilitate head and neck cancer progression and response to therapy.