Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Medical Oncology,
Medicine
Assistant Professor
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2018 - Present
Marine Science and Conservation,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Science
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2026 - Present
Environmental Natural Science,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2017 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Exposure to PFOA and GenX elicits cell typespecific impacts on p53 and TGF-β signaling pathways.
Journal Article Mol Biol Rep · February 27, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteThe hidden world of nanoplastics colliding with neurodegenerative diseases.
Journal Article J Clin Invest · February 16, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteThe carcinogenic consequences of the plastic pollution crisis.
Journal Article J Clin Invest · February 16, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
GCR: The other plastic problem: quantifying and predicting impacts of plastic additives across levels of biological and social organization
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2029Mitochondrial bioenergetics and colorectal cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2024 - 2029Inhibiting Rev1-mediated DNA translesion synthesis for cancer therapy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2024 - 2028View All Grants
Education
Florida International University ·
2009
Ph.D.