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Joseph T. Opferman, PhD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
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Contact Information
Joseph T. Opferman, PhD
Cell & Molecular Biology
MS 340, Room 4007C
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 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
