Check out our new collaborative study that identifies a club cell gene signature in the luminal epithelial cells of proliferative inflammatory atrophy. Dr. Sfanos was recently invited to discuss the implications of this work with Dr. Andrea Miyahira of the Prostate Cancer Foundation on UroToday. You can watch the video here.
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Congratulations, Dr. Angélica Cruz-Lebrón!
Dr. Angélica Cruz-Lebrón has been selected for the 2024 Johns Hopkins University Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPF) Program. According to the Office of the Provost, the PPF program fellowships “seek to locate, promote, and nurture the work of outstanding early career postdoctoral scholars at Johns Hopkins University.” The award provides salary support, research funds, and professional development funds towards the enhancement of connections and skills needed to prepare for an independent STEM faculty career.
Dr. Cruz-Lebrón completed a Ph.D. and a short Postdoctoral Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University before joining the Sfanos lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology at Johns Hopkins. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program at Case Western, Dr. Cruz-Lebrón was a Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) scholar, and was awarded the PREP Scholar of the Year at Case Western Reserve University. Thus far during her tenure at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Cruz-Lebrón has received a Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Research Accelerator Award and a competitive award from the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program.
Congratulations Angélica!
Congratulations Andy Chia, M.S.!!
Sfanos lab Master’s student Andy Chia recently gave a wonderful presentation of his Master’s thesis “The biological characterization and molecular engineering of Clostridium scindens“. Andy was a student in the Biomedical Engineering graduate program at Johns Hopkins University. Congratulations Andy!
Congratulations Carli Jones, Ph.D.!
Dr. Carli Jones recently completed her doctoral dissertation in the Sfanos lab. She is now off to California for a postdoctoral fellowship at City of Hope. Congratulations and we will miss you Carli!!
Congratulations Lauren Peiffer, D.V.M., Ph.D.!
Dr. Lauren Peiffer, who graduated after completing her thesis work in the Sfanos lab in January 2022, recently attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement ceremony to receive her diploma and to be hooded. Dr. Peiffer is currently an Anatomic Veterinary Pathologist with StageBio. Congratulations Lauren, we are so proud of you!
New From Sfanos Lab: Composition of Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Association with Treatment Rresponse in Individuals with Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer Progressing on Enzalutamide and Initiating Treatment with anti-PD-1 (pembrolizumab)
Check out our new study that characterized the gastrointestinal microbiota as individuals with metastatic CRPC who are progressing on enzalutamide initiate treatment with pembrolizumab. The study, headed by former Sfanos Lab graduate student Dr. Lauren Peiffer was recently published in Neoplasia. Congratulations Lauren!
Carli Jones wins Pathology Young Investigators’ Day Translational Research Award
Congratulations to Carli Jones for being awarded a Johns Hopkins Pathology Young Investigators’ Day Translational Research Award for her work entitled “The microbial metabolite equol as a radiosensitizer and therapeutic agent in prostate cancer”. Strong work Carli!
New From Sfanos Lab: Oncogenic Gene Fusions in Nonneoplastic Precursors as Evidence that Bacterial Infection can Initiate Prostate Cancer
Check out our recent publication in PNAS that identifies a potential relationship between bacterial infections and prostate cancer initiation. This study was championed by former Sfanos Lab graduate student Dr. Eva Shrestha. Congratulations Eva!
Congratulations to Becca Sosa!
Congratulations to Sfanos lab undergraduate student Rebecca Sosa on being awarded the 3rd place Margaret Foti Foundation Undergraduate Prize for Cancer Research for her recent participation in the AACR Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition! Becca presented her research “Verification of Subclonal CDKN1B mRNA Loss in Primary Prostate Cancer Tissues using RNA in situ Hybridization”. Great work Becca!
Congratulations to Carli Jones, P.E.O. Scholar!
Carli was chosen for the P.E.O. Scholar Award based on her scholarly excellence, academic achievement, and career goals. Carli is studying the relationship between radiation exposure and radiotherapy and the gastrointestinal microbiome. She currently aspires to work for NASA and to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body, and particularly in the areas of immunology and the gut-brain axis.