Address:
Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8007-29-10200
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Room 10705, 10th Floor Mid Campus Center (office)
- Cancer genetics
- Epidemiology
- Genetic susceptibility to cancer
- Clonal hematopoiesis
Dr. Bolton a physician-scientist with a background in medical oncology and genetic epidemiology. The focus of her research is regarding the interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors, and acquired mutations in shaping the earliest stages of carcinogenesis.
Biosketch
Education
- 2013-2004: MD, Medical Science Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011-2008: PhD, Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 2008-2007: MPhil, Epidemiology, First class honors, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 2004-2000: BA, Biology and Society, Summa cum laude, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Post-Graduate Training
- 2018-2015: Medical Oncology Fellow, Internal Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- 2015-2013: Internship, Residency, Internal Medicine, Weil Cornell Medical College-NYP, New York, New York
Academic Positions & Employment
- present-2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
- 2020-2018: Instructor, Leukemia Division, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2009-2008: Teaching Assistant, Department of Public Health, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Honors & Awards
- 2019: Evans MDS Young Investigator Award
- 2019: Leukemia, Lymphoma Society Fellows Award
- 2017: ASH Research Training Program Fellowship
- 2013: Marilyn Bersch Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship
- 2011: American Society of Human Genetics Trainee Research Semifinalist
- 2010: AACR-GlaxoSmithKline Outstanding Clinical Scholar Award
- 2008: Nick Day Prize for Best MPhil Student in Epidemiology
- 2006: Research Scholars Award, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 2005: Claude Lardinois Award, Western Student Medical Research Forum
Professional Societies & Organizations
- 2008: President, Cambridge University Public Health and Epidemiology Society
- 2007: Vice President, Cambridge University Public Health and Epidemiology Society