Jeri Kim简介
JeriKim,AssociateProfessorofTheUniversityofTexasMDAndersonCancerCenter,USAFundamentaltoherresearchisaclinicalframeworkforstudyinglow-volumeprostatecancertodelineateunderlyingmolecularmechanismsinvolvedinprostatecarcinogenesisanddiseaseprogressionShehavebeenaPrincipalInvestigator(PI)orCo-investigatorforstudiesfundedbytheNCI,grantsfromprivatenonprofitgroups,andinternalgrants—andperspectivethatbestcomesfromexperience:“dualcitizenship”inclinicalmedicineandbasicscienceShehaveexpandedmytechnicalexpertiseinlasercapturemicrodissection,oligonucleotidemicroarrays,andimmunohistochemicalstudies(NCI-funded[R21andR03]studiesofprostatecancermultifocality);managedbothclinicalandtissuestudiesinanexaminationoftheProstateCancerPreventionTrialfindingofhighergradecancersinmentakingfinasteride(asPIofanN01trial);andledtissueandclinicalstudiesinalongitudinalstudyofearly-stageprostatecancerinoneofthelargestactivesurveillancecohortsintheworld(asPI)Buildingamultidisciplinaryteamofcollaborators—pathologists,surgeons,biostatisticians,andoncologists—overtimehasstreamlinedoperations,benefitingteammembers,thestudentswhoengageinthework,andthetranslationstoimproveclinicalpracticethatweareattempting