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Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University
1365-C Clifton Road, Room 4086
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY- BS, Biochemistry- 1983; PhD, Pharmacology- 1990
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD - Fellowship, Oncology- 1990-96
- The epigenetic basis of human carcinogenesis
- Molecular mechanisms underlying the epigenetic silencing of important tumor suppressor genes in human cancer.
- Vaginal microbicides in the prevention of HIV transmission
- How and why certain genes are targets of abnormally methylated
- How silencing of a gene called TMS1/ASC contributes to breast cancer development
- New therapies aimed at restoring normal gene expression by reversing or blocking the methylation process
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