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 of 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 of 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

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Awards and Professional Activities

2010, Woman of Achievement (Enhancing Community Capacity), Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of San Gabriel Valley, CA

2006 - 2011, Co-Director, California State University of Los Angeles (CSULA) and City of Hope Cancer Collaborative

2006, Woman of the Year in Science and Technology, State Legislator’s Office, CA

2005 - 2009, Member, National Cancer Institute (NCI) NCI-I Study Section for Career Development Awards, National Institute of Health (NIH)

2000 - 2003, Director, Training Program in Breast Cancer Research, City of Hope (Professional Experience)

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