EMILY HICKS
Senior Medical Scientist
Maryland Oncology
Pasadena, Maryland
Research: Glycogen Metabolism in Breast Cancer Metastasis
Chaylen Andolino
Postdoctoral Fellow
Teegarden Laboratory
Purdue University
Research: Role of lipids and lipids droplets in breast cancer metastastsis
MADELINE SHEELEY
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Notre Dame
Mentor: Laurie Littlepage
Research: 1,25dihydroxyvitamin D regulation of glucose metabolism in extracellular matrix detached conditions.
DR. CHAEHYUN YUM
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Soonchunhyang University
South Korea
Research: 1) 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D regulation of adipose tissue cytokines to inhibit breast cancer metastsis. 2) Differential lipid metabolism response to leptin in breast cancer metastasis cells.
VIOLET KIESEL
First: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Hursting
Current: Medical Writer, Open Health
Research: Regulation of glutamine and glucose metabolism in metastatic in normoxia and hypoxic conditions.
Associate Director
Lab Development
Clinical Diagnostics Lab
Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, Indiana,
Research: 1,25-dyhydroxyvitamin D inhibition of breast cancer metastasis.
DR. TOMASZ WILMANSKI
First: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computational Biology, Hood-Price lab at the Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle WA
Current: VP at Thorne, Computational Biology, Precision Medicine, Precision Health
DR. XUANZHU (CLAIRE) ZHOU
Research Scientist, GenScript, Piscataway NJ
Research: Role of glutamine metabolism in breast cancer progression.
DR. BRIENNA LARRICK
First: Manager, Scientific Program Communications, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) North America, Washington DC
Current: Scientific Program Manager, Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences
Research: 1,25-dihdroxyvitamin D iregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism in differentiated adipocytes.
DR. WEI (WINNIE) ZHENG
Research Scientist
System Biosciences
Palo Alto CA
Research: 1,25dihydroxyvitamin D regulation of energy glucose metabolism.
DR. YAN (JANIE) JIANG
Senior Research Scientist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
Research: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D differential regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in untransformed and Harvey-ras transfected breast epithelial cells
Associate Professor
Department of Human Sciences
The Ohio State University
Research: Dietary calcium impact on fatty acid oxidation and parathyroid hormone in college aged women.
Senior Principal Scientist, Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Barrington IL
Research: Dairy calcium intake on fat metabolism during exercise and endurance exercise performance.
DR. EUGENE CHANG
Research Professor
Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management
Ewha University
Research: Parathyroid hormone suppresses insulin signaling in adipocytes.
DR. MARCI LEVINE
ADVANCE, Project Manager
Lehigh University
West Bethlehem PA
Research: 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol increased the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in mouse embryo fibroblasts.
DR. LYNN ADAMS
Program Director
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Outcomes Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
Research: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D inhibition of vitamin E succinate-induced apoptosis in embryo fibroblast cells and Harvey ras-transfected cells.
DR. SIANNA CASTILLO
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs
Sangamo Therapeutics
Brisbane CA
Research: Ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate metabolism in early cancer cells.
DR. JIA LI
Research Investigator
Solae
St. Louis MO
Research: 1) 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin regulation of rapid signaling pathways in mouse prostate epithelial cell growth. 2) Identification of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D hydroxylase in adipocytes
Research: Dietary vitamin D regulation of muscle and immune function.
DR. LAURA TABER
Faculty Instructor
Arizona State Universiy
Research: Mechanisms of nuclear vitamin D receptor resistance Harvey-ras transfected cells.
Catherine Pinkston Burlage, MS OD
Doctor of Osteopathy
Family Medicine
Renown Medical Group
North Hills Reno NV
