Professional Experience
 
2012 - present, Associate Professor, Department of  Cancer Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2005 - 2011, Assistant Professor, Division of Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2005, Postdoctoral Fellow of Cancer Biology Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University

1994 - 1999, Graduate Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Education and Training

2005, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, Postdoc, Cancer Biology

1999, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, Ph.D., Molecular Biology

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: 7/12

Honors and Awards

2008, Research Scholar, American Cancer Society

2007, Translational Cancer Research Award, The V-Foundation

2006, STOPCANCER Career Development Award, STOPCANCER foundation, Los Angeles, California

2005, The A. McGehee Harvey Research Award, The Young Investigators’ Day, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2004, “Scholar-In-Training Award” for postdoctoral fellows, American Association of Cancer Research

1999, Research Fellowship Award for Postdoctoral Fellows, Cooley's Anemia Foundation, New York

1999, The John R. Durant Award for Excellence in Cancer Research for Post-doctoral Fellows, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1998, The Jack M. McKibbin Pre-doctoral Research Fellow Award, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1998, The John R. Durant Award for Excellence in Cancer Research for Graduate Students, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham