Address
Division of Oncology
Mail stop 8007-0057-07
Department of Internal Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, 63110
Southwest Tower
- Hematopoietic stem cells
- Leukemia stem cells
- Epigenetic modifications
- Long and small non-coding RNAs
Biosketch
Education
- 2019-2015: PhD degree in Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
- 2014-2012: M.S. degree in Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon
- 2012-2009: B.S. degree in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon
Academic Positions
- present-01/2025: Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- 2024-2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (Mentor: Professor Grant A. Challen)
Honors & Awards
- 2024: American Society of Hematology (ASH) Abstract Achievement Award for the abstract entitled “EZH2-Mediated Methylation Regulates JARID2 Protein Stability in Normal and Neoplastic Hematopoiesis”.
- 2023: Edward P. Evans Center for Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) post-doctoral fellowship award
- 2022: American Society of Hematology (ASH) Abstract Achievement Award for the abstract entitled “The PRC2 Co-Factor JARID2 Regulates Hematopoiesis through Non-Canonical Mechanisms”.
- 2018: The Best Oral Presentation Award from the Iranian Society of Genetics