Professional Experience

2008 - present, Professor, Division of Tumor Cell Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2006 - 2008, Senior Vice President for Academics, City of Hope

2004 - 2007, Associate Director, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2003 - 2004, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, California State University, Los Angeles

2001 - 2003, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2001, Professor, Cell & Tumor Biology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1996 - 2000, Associate Professor, Cell & Tumor Biology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1990 - 1996, Assistant Professor, Cell & Tumor Biology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1990, Staff Fellow, NIH/NCI, Bethesda, MD

1987 - 1990, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NCI, Bethesda, MD

1980 - 1986, NIH Predoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD

Education and Training

1987 - 1990, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Postdoctoral, Molecular Biology

1986, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Ph.D., Biology

1979, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. B.S., Biology

This is an abbreviated document. Full C.V. available upon request. Last updated 10/08.

Awards and Professional Activities

2005 - 2009, Member, NCI-I Study Section for Career Development Awards, NIH

2000 - 2003, Director, Training Program in Breast Cancer Research, City of Hope

1998 - 1999, Chair,  Drug Resistance 1 Program Sub-Committee,1999 Annual Meeting of AACR

1997 - 2001, Member, Experimental Therapeutics-1 (ET-1) Study Section, NIH

1992 - 1994, American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award

1987 - 1990, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

1979, Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University