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College of Medicine faculty named to NIH study section |
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Jim Winkler |
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Aug 21, 2007 |
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Dr. Kandace J. Williams, associate professor of biochemistry and cancer biology, has been named to a one-year term as a member of the 22-member Cancer Etiology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review.
Williams, a member of the study section from 2001 to 2005 when it was known as the chemical pathology study section — the section’s name changed to cancer etiology in 2003 — is completing the term of a member who resigned.
The study section reviews grant applications related to the causal agents, processes and cells involved in tumor pathogenesis.
Study section members are recognized authorities in their field and are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of their research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other scientific activities.
Williams is conducting research into the body’s DNA repair mechanisms to correct damage in cancer-related genes. Part of her research is involved with understanding the mechanisms contributing to a lack of repair or incorrect repair of DNA damage at “hot spots” in these genes that are often mutated in tumors. Her research also is focused on mechanisms of DNA damage signaling and cell death by treatment with low concentrations of alkylating chemicals, a common type of chemotherapeutic agent for cancer that usually has significant side effects.
Williams joined the faculty of the former Medical College of Ohio in 2001. A 1980 graduate of the University of Alaska-Anchorage, Williams earned a PhD from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H., in 1987 and completed postdoctoral work at University of Washington College of Medicine.
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