CCR Milestones - 2019

New Faculty Kenneth Aldape, M.D. Kenneth Aldape, M.D., has joined CCR as Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology. His research interests focus on the molecular pathogenesis and classification of brain tumors, particularly malignant gliomas and meningiomas. Chongyi Chen, Ph.D. Chongyi Chen, Ph.D., has joined the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as a Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator. His works explore the interface between DNA sequence, chromosome organization and gene expression in both bulk samples and single cells from a genome-wide perspective. Yamini Dalal, Ph.D. Yamini Dalal, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression. Her laboratory is investigating how histone complexes adopt alternate structural conformations in cancer cells and the functional consequences of such alterations on the cancer epigenome. S. Perwez Hussain, Ph.D., S. Perwez Hussain, Ph.D., has been awarded tenure at NIH and appointed to Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis. His research is focused on identifying novel therapeutic targets in pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal malignancies. Jennifer Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Jones, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Laboratory of Pathology as a Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator. As a radiation oncologist, her current research is aimed at developing immune-based therapies that synergize with radiation to produce optimal anti-tumor immune responses. Christopher Kanakry, M.D. Christopher Kanakry, M.D., has been appointed as an NIH Lasker Scholar Tenure Track Investigator in the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch. He pursues basic, translational and clinical research related to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. 28