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Joseph T. Opferman, PhD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Joseph T. Opferman, PhD

Cell & Molecular Biology

MS 340, Room 4007C

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Education

BS – Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana (1995) PhD – University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (2000) Fellowship - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/ Harvard Medical School

Honors & Awards

  • 2001 Damon-Runyon Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • 2006 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
  • 2010 American Cancer Society Research Scholar 

Research Interests

  • Programmed cell death 
  • Cellular homeostasis
  • Apoptotic proteins (BCL2 family members)
  • Modulation of cell death machinery as a therapeutic strategy for lymphoid and myeloid leukemia

 

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