Research Experience:   
The University of Texas at Austin.  B.A. with high honors in Economics. 
Yale University School of Medicine.   Doctor of Medicine.

• MD Anderson Cancer Center Undergraduate Research Program.  Mentor – Steven Tomasovic, Ph.D.  Department of Cell Biology.  MD Anderson Cancer Center. Studied synergy of tumor necrosis factor and hyperthermia in blocking angiogenesis in a murine model, Summer 1990.
• NCI Medical Student Research Fellowship.  Mentor – Joan Steitz, Ph.D.  Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.  Yale Medical School.  Studied DNA-protein binding in context of mRNA processing, Summer 1995.
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-doctoral Fellowship.  Mentor – David Sidransky, MD.  Departments of Otolaryngology, Medicine, and Molecular Biology.  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  Studied clonality and early detection in squamous cell carcinoma, 1997-1998.
• T32 NCI Post-Doctoral Fellowship.  Mentor – Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD.  Department of Otolaryngology.  University of Pittsburgh.  Studying cell signaling in squamous cell carcinoma.  Developing novel approaches to block Stat3 signaling in vitro and in vivo.  2000-2002.
• Clinical Research Training Program.  Mentor – Joesph Conigliaro, MD.  Center for Research on Health Care.  University of Pittsburgh.  Projects addressing: 1) Racial and regional variation in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.  2003-present.
• Functional Rhinoplasty:  A Multicenter Prospective Outcomes Study.  Mentor – Grant Gillman, MD.  Department of Otolaryngology.  University of Pittsburgh.  Studying outcomes of functional rhinoplasty on quality of life and nasal airway Photos.  PI: David Kim, MD, University of California at San Francisco.  Pittsburgh site PI:  Grant Gillman, MD; Pittsburgh site co-investigator:  Paul Leong, MD.  2004-present.
• T32 NIDCD Post-Doctoral Fellowship.  Mentors – Nancy Day, PhD; Jack Cornelius, MD; Kevin Kramer, MD.  Department of Otolaryngology.  University of Pittsburgh.  Studying relationship of alcohol consumption and facial trauma, 2005-2006.

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