Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Program Leader, Tier 1
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
The Role of Circulating Tumor Cells as a Liquid Biopsy for Cancer: Advances, Biology, Technical Challenges, and Clinical Relevance
Journal Article Cancers · April 1, 2024 Cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with metastasis significantly contributing to its lethality. The metastatic spread of tumor cells, primarily through the bloodstream, underscores the importance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in onc ... Full text CiteCharacterization of a castrate-resistant prostate cancer xenograft derived from a patient of West African ancestry.
Conference Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is a clinically and molecularly heterogeneous disease, with highest incidence and mortality among men of African ancestry. To date, prostate cancer patient-derived xenograft (PCPDX) models to study this disease have been difficu ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRNA splicing and aggregate gene expression differences in lung squamous cell carcinoma between patients of West African and European ancestry.
Journal Article Lung Cancer · March 2021 OBJECTIVES: Despite disparities in lung cancer incidence and mortality, the molecular landscape of lung cancer in patients of African ancestry remains underexplored, and race-related differences in RNA splicing remain unexplored. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Race-related germline genetic variation and response to secondary hormonal therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2019 - 2023Race-related differential RNA splicing: novel targets for precision oncology in non-small cell lung cancer
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2022Interrogating Race-related Alternative Splicing Variation in Metastasis
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by American Association for Cancer Research · 2020 - 2022View All Grants