I’d like to dedicate my blog this week to congratulating several of our Georgetown Lombardi colleagues who have who have been promoted to associate professor or professor, have recently been granted tenure, or have transferred to tenure track since January 2011.
These include (in alphabetical order): Lucile Adams Campbell, PhD; Luciane Cavalli, PhD; Claudine Issaacs, MD; Michael Johnson, PhD; Minetta Liu, MD; Marc Schwartz, PhD; and Jeffrey Toretsky, MD.
Lucile Adams-Campbell has been granted tenure. She is professor of oncology, associate dean of Community Health and Outreach, and associate director of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research. Lucile is well-known for her work in epidemiology, specializing in community health research, interventions, and outreach. Among her other accolades, Lucile is a member of the Institute of Medicine.
Luciane Cavalli was approved to transfer to tenure track. A molecular cytogeneticist by training, she is an assistant professor in the department of oncology whose main research interests is the study of genomic instability in breast cancer. We have particularly benefited from her interest in cancer disparities in African American and Latina women.
Claudine Isaacs, who was promoted to professor and granted tenure, is professor in the departments of medicine and oncology and has served as Breast Cancer program clinical co-leader since 2001. Claudine’s research interests include genetic testing, breast cancer treatment and prevention strategies for women at high risk of breast cancer. She is also co-Director of the Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research.
Michael Johnson was recently promoted to associate professor of oncology with tenure. His research interests include proteases, invasion and metastasis and breast cancer progression. Michael is also interested in the pharmacogenetics of drugs used in cancer therapy.
Minetta Liu was promoted from research track to tenure track. She is associate professor of medicine and oncology. A member of the Breast Cancer program since 2001, Minetta is heavily involved in translational research with a focus on the use of microarray gene analysis in identifying the molecular mechanisms responsible for determining chemotherapy sensitivity versus resistance.
Marc Schwartz has been promoted to full professor of oncology. He was previously awarded tenure. He leads Georgetown Lombardi’s Cancer Control program and is director of behavioral research. Marc has published extensively in the field of genetic testing, cancer risk assessment and medical decision-making.
Jeff Toretsky has also been promoted to full professor of oncology. Jeff is program leader of Georgetown Lombardi’s newly formed Molecular Oncology program. Dividing his time between Lombardi’s pediatric outpatient clinic and his lab, Jeff is interested in rare pediatric hematology diseases and childhood cancer, particularly osteosarcoma, synovial sarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma.
As we have done in the past, I look forward to hosting a reception to recognize these accomplishments in September. More details will follow as we get closer to the date. Please join me in congratulating each of these wonderful colleagues on their accomplishments.