Email

dcyril@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Laboratory Director

Medicine
Epidemiology and Population Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Research Assistant I

Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Cancer
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston Methodist Neurosensory Tower
Houston, Texas United States

Animal Care Technician

Center for Comparative Medicine
TMFT, NRI, TCH, Neurosensory
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Jewish Institute for Research (Office)

Room: BCMD - 600D
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Alkek Building (Lab)

Room: BCMN - N720
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Certifications

Healthcare Administration

(04/08/2019)

Cornell University

SC Johnson College of Business, Ithaca, NY

Websites

Selected Publications

• Navid Sobhani, Dana Rae Tardiel-Cyril, Aram Davtyan, Daniele Generali, Raheleh Roudi, and Yong Li "CTLA-4 in Regulatory T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy." Cancers. 2021 Mar 13;13(6) Pubmed PMID: 33809974
• Navid Sobhani, Bruna Scaggiante, Rachel Morris, Dafei Chai, Martina Catalano, Dana Rae Tardiel-Cyril, Praveen Neeli, Giandomenico Roviello, Giuseppina Mondani, Yong Li "Therapeutic cancer vaccines: From biological mechanisms and engineering to ongoing clinical trials." Cancer Treatment Reviews. 2022 Sep;109(0305-7372) Pubmed PMID: 35759856
• Dafei Chai, Junhao Wang, Jing Ming Lim, Xiaohui Xie, Xinfang Yu, Dan Zhao, Perry Ayn Mayson Maza, Yifei Wang, Dana Cyril-Ramirez , Ken H Young , Yong Li "Lipid nanoparticles deliver DNA-encoded biologics and induce potent protective immunity." Mol. Cancer. 2025 Jan 13;24 Pubmed PMID: 39806486