Positions
| 2016-present | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2015-present | Member, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 2016-present | Faculty member, UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program |
| 2018-present | Investigator, UCSF Brain Tumor Center |
| 2018-present | Director of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, UCSF Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory |
Licensure
| Physician and Surgeon License, Medical Board of California, A129659, 4/2014 |
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Board certification in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology, 9/2017 |
Education
| 1998-2002 | B.S. Molecular Cell Biology, Chemistry, College of William and Mary |
| 2004-2012 | M.D., Ph.D. Tumor Biology Training Program, Georgetown University School of Medicine |
| 2012-2014 | Anatomic Pathology Resident, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2014-2016 | Neuropathology Fellow, University of California, San Francisco |
Research Training
| 1999-2002 | Undergraduate thesis research, College of William and Mary Mentor: Dr. Margaret Saha Defining the development of neural connections in Xenopus laevis
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| 2000, 2001 | Undergraduate summer research, Harvard Medical School Mentor: Dr. Timothy Vartanian Regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination |
| 2002-2004 | Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Mentor: Dr. Erik Knudsen Regulation of cell growth by the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor |
| 2006-2012 | Graduate thesis research, Georgetown University School of Medicine Mentor: Dr. Todd Waldman Identification and therapeutic targeting of novel transforming pathways in glioblastoma |
Honors/Awards
| 2016-2017 | UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar Program |
| 2015-2020 | NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Program |
| 2015-2016 | Career Development Research Award, UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE |
| 2015 | Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society Award, USCAP Annual Meeting |
| 2014, 2013 | Stowell-Orbison Award, USCAP Annual Meeting |
| 2014 | International Society of Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology Young Investigator Award, USCAP Annual Meeting |
| 2013 | Julius R. Krevans Award, excellence during internship at San Francisco General Hospital |
| 2012 | Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| 2012 | Future Leaders in Basic Cancer Research, AACR Annual Meeting |
| 2011, 2010 | Robert Dickson Graduate Prize, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University |
| 2011, 2008 | Clifford C. Kaslow Research Achievement Award, Georgetown University Medical Center |
| 2004-2012 | Strauss Physician-Scientist Training Fellowship, Georgetown University School of Medicine |
| 2004 | Winning image, Cell of the Month Image Competition, Nature Cell Biology |
| 2000-2002 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student Research grants, College of William and Mary Undergraduate Science Education and Research Program |
| 1998-2002 | William and Mary Monroe Scholar, College of William and Mary |
| 1998 | National Merit Scholar |
Memberships
| 2002-present | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2013-present | United States & Canada Academy of Pathology |
| 2015-present | American Association of Neuropathologists |
| 2016-present | American Association for Cancer Research |
| 2018-present | American Society for Investigative Pathology |
| 2018-present | Society for Neuro-Oncology |
Research Support
| 2016-2017 | UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar Program |
| 2015-2020 | NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Program Cohesin gene mutations in tumorigenesis, DP5 OD021403 |
| 2015-2016 | Career Development Research Award, UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Genomic analysis of pineal parenchymal tumors |
| 2015 | UCSF 500 Cancer Gene Pilot Program Award Genomic analysis of choroid plexus tumors |