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Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.
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Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology
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CV
Graduate program memberships
Program in Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
Cancer Biology
Cell & Developmental Biology
Education
2007 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. (Immunology). Mentor: Dr. Lieping Chen
2001 - Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
M.Sc. (Honors), Biological Sciences and B.Pharm. (Honors)
Experience
2014 - Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, Joint appointment with Radiation, Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
2014 - Investigator, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
2013-14 - Assistant Research Scientist, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, San Diego, CA
2007-13 - Postdoctoral Scholar, mentor: Dr. David Cheresh, Department of Pathology and Moores, UCSD Cancer Center, San Diego, CA
Anand Lab
![Arthur Affleck](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Anand_Arthur%20Affleck%20120x151.jpg)
Arthur Affleck, M.D.
Surgical Resident
![Adrian Baris](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Anand_Adrian%20Baris%20120x151.jpg)
Adrian Baris
Graduate Student
![Eugenia Fraile-Bethencourt](/sites/default/files/2020-11/Anand_Eugenia%20Fraile%20Bethancourt%20120x151.jpg)
Eugenia Fraile-Bethencourt, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
![Ivy Gardner](/sites/default/files/2020-11/Anand_Ivy%20Gardner%20120x151.jpg)
Ivy Gardner, M.D.
Surgery Resident
![Clayton Hudson](/sites/default/files/2020-11/Anand_Clayton%20Hudson%20120x151.jpg)
Clayton Hudson
Graduate Student
Education: Ph.D. (in progress), Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University; B.S., Biochemistry, Santa Clara University (2015).
Research interests: Understanding and sensitizing colorectal cancer cell's response to DNA damaging agents.
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Rebecca Ruhl
Senior Research Assistant
Lab manager
Education: B.S. in Biology from Portland State University, Portland, OR
Research Interests: MicroRNA’s as biomarkers for colorectal cancer detection and treatment.
![Katherine Watson](/sites/default/files/2020-11/Anand_Katherine%20Watson%20120x151.jpg)
Katherine Watson, M.D.
Surgery Resident
External collaborators
Omar F Khan and Dan G. Anderson, MIT
![Anand Lab group image](/sites/default/files/2018-11/AnandLab_group.jpg)
Namita Chatterjii, Ph.D.
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, Ph.D.
Sokchea Khou, Ph.D.
Laura Polkinghorn