Dissertation Title: Extracellular vesicles trafficking enforces microenvironmental dysregulation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2020) 

John Butler, PhD, MLS(ASCP) is a certified Clinical Laboratory Scientist, with experience working in both Transfusion Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics prior to medical school. In 2015, John joined the MD/PhD program at OHSU to study medicine with additional training in cancer biology. As a member of the Kurre Lab/Marks Lab, John's dissertation research focued on how Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) alters the bone marrow microenvironment to supress hematopoiesis and evade the immune system by inhibiting the activation of CD8+ T-cells. Following graduation, John plans to continue his training in the field of Radiation Oncology. His current hobbies include knowing things, learning things, and taking tests on things. He used to have other hobbies, but since starting his doctoral training, he can't seem to remember what they were.