Faculty
Oncology Division
Alphabetical list (active faculty):   
Gregory D. Longmore

Gregory D. Longmore, MD

Professor

Department of Medicine

Oncology Division

Molecular Oncology

Department of Cell Biology & Physiology

Research Interests

  • Epithelia morphogenesis
  • Cancer metastasis

Contact

  • 314-362-8834 (office)
  • BJCIH 7th floor ICCE Institute
    Campus Box 8069
    Washington University
    660 South Euclid Avenue
    St. Louis, MO 63110
  • Room 7627 BJC Institute of Health (office)
  • Room 7311 BJC Institute of Health (lab)

Biosketch

Education
1973-1977 BSc (Honours) in Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
1977-1979 MSc in Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1979-1983 MD, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1983-1990 Clinical Fellow, Internal Medicine, Hematology &Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1989-1993 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cell Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Academic Positions & Training
1977-1980 Predoctoral Student, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario (laboratory of Dr. Harry Schachter)
1983-1986 Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, New England Deaconess Hospital (now Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospitals), Boston, MA
1985-1986 Visiting Scientist, Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (laboratory of Dr. Herman Eisen)
1987-1990 Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Hematology) and Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Medical Oncology), Boston, MA
1988-1992 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (laboratory of Dr. Harvey Lodish)
1990-1992 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1993-1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1998-2007 Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2007-present Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Appointments & Committees
1983 Co-Chairperson, Curriculum Review Committee, McGill Medical School
1986-1987 Institutional Review Board, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
1993-1995 Compton Scholar Award for entering undergraduates, Natural Sciences and Liberal Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1994-1998 Admissions Committee (PhD), Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS), Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1996-2000 Developmental Biology Steering Committee, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1999-2001 Four Schools Program (Washington University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University), Washington University representative
2003-2010 Molecular Cell Biology Steering Committee, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2003-present Member, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2009-2017 Member, Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) Admissions Committee, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2010-present Co-Director, C4 Basic Research Program, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2011-2015 Co-Director, Molecular Oncology Section, Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2013-present Director, ICCE Institute, Washington University, St. Louis MO
2016-present Barnes Jewish Christian (BJC) Investigator Program Committee
2016-present Washington University Institutional Conflict of Interest Review Committee
2017-presenet Co-Director, Molecular Oncology Section, Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Board Certification
1986 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1989 Diplomate, American Board of Medical Oncology
Honors & Awards
1977-1979 Medical Research Council of Canada Studentship
1980-1981 Faculty Scholarship Award, Department of Medicine, McGill University
1984 James L. Tullis Award, Harvard Medical School
1988-1992 NIH Physician-Scientist Award AG00294
1992-1995 Career Development Award, James S. McDonnell Foundation for Molecular Oncology
1998-2001 Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar
1999-2003 Established Investigator, American Heart Association
2000 Elected Member of American Society for Clinical Investigation
2001 Invited Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Helsinki, Finland
2014 Blaffer Lecture, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
Editorial Responsibilities
2007-2010 Associate Editor, Cancer Research
2007-present Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biology
2013-present Editorial Board, Molecular Cancer Research
2013-present Member F1000 - Morphogenesis and Cell Biology
2016-present Editorial Board, BMC Biology
Grant Review Panels
1998-1999 NIH Hematology II Study Section
2000-present NCI, NIGMS, and NHLBI - ~10 special emphasis panels, site visits, or internal program reviews
2004-2008 Member, NIH/NCI-F Manpower and Training Study Section
2006-2010 American Cancer Society (ACS) Cell Structure and Metastasis Review Panel
Chairperson 2007-2010
2010-2014 NIH Tumor Microenvironment (TME) Study Section
Chairperson 2012-2014
2011-2013 Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Peer Review Panel
2014 External Review: U. Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, TME research program
2015 NIH Tumor Promotion and Metastasis (TPM) Study Section - ad hoc
2016-present American Cancer Society: Council for Extramural Funding
2016-present Cancer Research UK – External Review Panel
2017-2023 NIH Tumor Promotion and Metastasis Study Section member
2018 External Review: Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
Professional Societies
1993-present American Society for Microbiology
1995-2000 American Society of Hematology
2000-present American Society for Cell Biology
2000-present American Society for Clinical Investigation
2007-present The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) International Association
2008-present American Association of Cancer Research