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Diana Marcella Cardona

Associate Professor of Pathology
Pathology
Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
Rm 327A Davison Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
Office hours M-F 9am-5pm  

Selected Grants


Pathological B Cells: Novel Strategies to Prevent and Treat Chronic GVHD

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2026

Ewing-like sarcoma: Targeting the CIC-DUX4 oncogene through epigenetic regulators

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2023

Defining the Landscape and Function of Onco-exaptation and Repetitive Element-Derived Tumor Specific Antigens in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by Connective Tissue Oncology Society · 2020 - 2023

Reducing dietary copper for the treatment of BRaf mutation-positive melanoma

ResearchPathologist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2015

Intraoperative detection and ablation of microscopic residual cancer in the tumor bed

ResearchPathologist · Awarded by Lumicell Diagnostics · 2013 - 2014

External Relationships


  • College of American Pathologists
  • GLG Consulting
  • L&E Consutling
  • Leica Microsystems, Inc.

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