Professional Experience

2012 - present, Deputy Director for Basic Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA

2011 - present, Associate Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2011 - present, Co-founder & Co-leader, Molecular Oncology Program, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte CA

2011 - 2012, Associate Director for Basic Science, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA

2011 - present, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2010 - 2011, Founder & Director, Indiana Center for Breast Cancer Research, Indianapolis, IN

2009 - 2011, Professor, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2007 - 2011, Professor, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2006 - 2011, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2002 - 2011, Co-founder & Co-leader, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center Breast Cancer Program, Indianapolis, IN

2002 - 2011, Vera Bradley Chair of Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2002 - 2011, Professor, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2001 - 2002, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1999 - 2001, Affiliated Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

1995 - 2001, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1990 - 1995, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1985 - 1990, Postdoctoral Fellow, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology , Worcester, MA

Education and Training

1985, City University of New York, New York, NY, Ph.D., Biochemistry

1981, City University of New York, New York, NY, Ph.M., Biochemistry

1977, City University of New York, New York, NY, B.S., Chemistry

1975, City University of New York, New York, NY, A.S., Engineering

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 03/13.

Honors and Awards

2011, Department of Defense, Ovarian Cancer Integration Panel

2011, Co-leader, Women's Cancers Programs, City of Hope

2011, Steps to the Cure Barbara Raksin Lifetime Achievement Award

2010-2012, Editorial board member for the journal Cancer Research

2009, Principal Speaker at the FASEB Research Conference on Nuclear Structure and Cancer

2009 - present, Editorial board member for the American Journal of Translational Research

2008 - present, Editorial board member for the journal Cancer Prevention Research

2005, Principal Speaker at the FASEB Research Conference on Nuclear Structure and Cancer

2004 - present, Editorial board member for the journal Current Cancer Therapy Reviews

2003 - 2009, Associate Editor – Cancer Research

2003, Breast Cancer Medical Researcher Award, Indiana Breast Cancer Alliance

2002, Plenary Speaker for INGEN Annual Proteomics Symposium

2001, Invited faculty for the 2nd Tumor Markers Conference, MD Anderson Cancer Center

2001, Plenary Speaker at the FASEB Research Conference on Nuclear Structure and Cancer

1999, NIH Chromatin, Transcription and DNA Replication Workshop Plenary Speaker

1999, Chair & Speaker, In Vitro DNA Replication Session, Cell Proliferation Society Meeting

1998, Session Chair, Cell Growth and Apoptosis, Amer. Assoc. for Cancer Research Meeting

1996, 1998, 2001, McGill University Conference Regulation of Eukaryotic Replication Plenary Speaker
 
1995 - 1997, NIH/NCI Shannon (Director’s) Award

1993, Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzyme Organization and Cell Function

1990 - 1991, Frank C. Bressler Research Fund Award

1986 - 1989, NIH Postdoc Fellowship, NCI