Shannon White

Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics

Bio

Hi, I'm Shannon White. I began my postdoctoral fellowship in Michael Snyder's lab in the fall of 2020. I received my PhD from Georgetown University in Tumor Biology in Chunling Yi's lab. My graduate worked explore the signaling and metabolic vulnerabilities of NF2-mutant tumors following YAP/TAZ depletion. My postdoctoral work is exploring the epigenetic hallmarks that contribute to colon cancer progression and drug resistance. I am developing colon organoids derived from pre-cancerous polyp tissue collected from Familial Adenomatous Polyposis patients as a model system to investigate epigenetic and signaling responses to chemoprevention treatments.

Honors & Awards

Stanford School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (2020-2021)
Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation (2018-2020)
Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research, Georgetown University (2021)
Dr. Robert Dickson Award, Georgetown University (2021)

Professional Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Maryland College Park (2013)
Doctor of Philosophy, Georgetown University (2020)
PhD, Georgetown University, Tumor Biology (2020)
BS, University of Maryland, Bioengineering (2013)

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