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Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD
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Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD
Cell & Molecular Biology
MS 343, Room D4026C
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
MD, PhD – Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Post-doctoral Fellowship – Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, NHGRI/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland Residency (Clinical Pathology) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fellowship (Hematopathology) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honors & Awards
- 2017 Elected Member, American Society of Clinical Investigators
- 2012 American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar Award
- 2006 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences
- 2006 American Society of Hematology Fellow Scholar Award
- 2001 American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator Award
- 2000 Outstanding research presentation award, NHGRI annual retreat
- 2000 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
- 1999 National Science Foundation Fellowship Award
- 1996 William Potter Wear Research Prize, Jefferson Medical College
- 1991 Gibbon’s Scholar Fellowship, Jefferson Medical College
- 1991 Foederor Scholarship Award, Jefferson Medical College
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms contributing to disease pathogenesis
- Development of diagnostic tools and therapies
- Role of somatic mtDNA mutations in the development of cancer and cancer sequelae
- Contribution of trafficking and autophagy defects in the pathogenesis of neuromuscular disorders
