Expertise

Research:

  • Clinical chemistry, Diagnostic molecular biology, Keratinocyte biology.

My laboratory is focused on examining whether peroxisome proliferator recetor gamma agonists suppress skin cancer formation through their ability to suppress inflammation and promote antigen-specific anti-tumor immune responses.

Future research (un-funded studies): In a second line of ongoing research, we hypothesize that chronic ultraviolet A &/or B (UVA & B) exposure results in a multifocal dermal senescent field that promotes overlying epidermal tumorigenesis.


Subject Area:

  • Cancer
  • Metabolic Disturbance
Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
2002 - current

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Research Fellow, Dermatology

Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Director, Residency Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Communities
Dermatology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Degrees
MD, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Medicine, 1992
BS, Indiana University Bloomington, Medical Biochemistry, 1984
Keywords
health and medicine cancer or carcinogenesis tumors prostaglandins receptors wound healing geriatrics & gerontology pathology cell differentiation
Languages
English
Associations
American Society for Investigative Pathology
College of American Pathologists
Society for Investigative Dermatology