Louis M. Staudt Explained

Birth Date:	1955
Workplaces:	National Cancer Institute
Alma Mater:	Harvard College University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Louis Michael Staudt is a scientist at the National Cancer Institute, where he is co-chief of the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch and the director of the Center for Cancer Genomics.

Early life and education

Staudt was born in 1955 in Michigan.^[1] Staudt graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a BA in biochemistry. He received his MD and PhD in immunology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1982. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wistar Institute, and an internship in Internal Medicine. From 1984 to 1988, he worked in the laboratory of David Baltimore at the Whitehead Institute as a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Staudt joined the National Cancer Institute in 1988.^[2] His main area of research is the genomics of lymphoma. He has published over 250 papers.

Staudt became director of the Center for Cancer Genomics in 2013.^[4]

Awards

• 2002 NIH MERIT Award
• 2009 Dameshek Prize, American Society of Hematology
• 2011 NIH Distinguished Investigator
• 2013 Elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louis Staudt. www.nasonline.org.
2. Web site: Louis M. Staudt, MD, PhD NCI Genomic Data Commons. gdc.cancer.gov. en.
3. Web site: AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship. www.aacr.org.
4. Web site: https://www.biochem2.com/pdf/perspectives_Lectures/Oncology/Staudt/Staudt_CV.pdf.