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David J. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Instructor
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Young Investigator Award
American Academy of Dermatology
2008
Research Career Development Award
Dermatology Foundation
2006-2009
Research Fellowship
Dermatology Foundation
2005-2006
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
M.D.
University of Washington
Medicine
2002
Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Molecular and Cellular Biology
2000
B.S.
Brown University
Biochemistry
1994
Research Interests

My research interest is focused on investigating the molecular networks that underlie cancer stem cells and designing therapies that selectively target these cells, thereby eliminating a cancer's potential for regrowth.

Publications
  • Wong DJ, Nuyten DS, Regev A, Lin M, Adler AS, Segal E, van de Vijver MJ, Chang HY "Revealing targeted therapy for human cancer by gene module maps." Cancer Res 2008; 68: 2: 369-78 More »
  • Wong DJ, Liu H, Ridky TW, Cassarino D, Segal E, Chang HY "Module map of stem cell genes guides creation of epithelial cancer stem cells." Cell Stem Cell 2008; 2: 4: 333-44 More »
  • Wong DJ, Chang HY "Learning more from microarrays: insights from modules and networks." J Invest Dermatol 2005; 125: 2: 175-82 More »
  • Wong DJ, Paulson TG, Prevo LJ, Galipeau PC, Longton G, Blount PL, Reid BJ "p16(INK4a) lesions are common, early abnormalities that undergo clonal expansion in Barrett's metaplastic epithelium." Cancer Res 2001; 61: 22: 8284-9 More »
  • Wong DJ, Foster SA, Galloway DA, Reid BJ "Progressive region-specific de novo methylation of the p16 CpG island in primary human mammary epithelial cell strains during escape from M(0) growth arrest." Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19: 8: 5642-51 More »
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