1985-1993

M.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

1981-1985

B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
M.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1999-present

Center for Cancer and Transplantation Biology, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. Aims: Measure the gene expression levels in a bank of diagnostic bone marrow specimens from patients with childhood leukemia and known clinical outcomes. Identify novel subtypes based on gene expression patterns. Develop a predictive model that can identify subgroups at high risk for relapse which can not be identified with current risk stratification criteria.

1997-present

Center for Cancer and Transplantation Biology, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. Advisor: Raymond Petryshyn, Ph.D. Aims: Study role of the RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in proliferation control of a mouse fibroblast model. Determine interaction of PKR and cell cycle proteins.

1987-1993

Dissertation project, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Advisor: Daniel Nathans, M.D. Studied the regulation of expression of the JunB gene in cultured mouse fibroblasts. Mapped cis-elements responsible for transcriptional activation of the gene during stimulation by serum and growth factors.

1983-1985

Master's thesis project, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Advisor: David Ward, Ph.D. Studied the role of nuclear matrix in the replication of minute virus of mice (a parvovirus).

1999-present

Attending Physician (Clinical Associate) Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. Focus in hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation. From July 2000, physician of reference for neuroblastoma.

Aug 1999 & Sept 1999

Visiting Physician at the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation section (outpatient) of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

1996-1999

Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

1993-1996

Residency in Pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

1997-present

Chair, Subcommittee (of the Institutional Review Board) for ongoing review of rearch protocols, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

1994-present

Member of Institutional Review Board, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Board certified in Pediatrics, from 1997

Current medical licenses in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia

1998-2000

National Childhood Cancer Foundation Laura and Greg Norman Research Fellowship

1985-1993

National Institutes of Health Medical Scientist Training Program support

Scientific Achievement Award for Basic Research, Children's Research Institute, May 1998

B.S. degree awarded summa cum laude

International Neural Networks Society, from 1999

American Academy of Pediatrics, from 1993

Phi Beta Kappa, from 1983

Perez-Albuerne, E. and Petryshyn R.A. (1999) Growth arrest and selective reduction in cyclin D1/D2 protein expression by the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (abs.) Pediatr. Res. 45: 880A

Perez-Albuerne, E., Schatteman, G., Sanders, L.K. and Nathans, D. (1993) Transcriptional regulatory elements downstream of the JunB gene. Proc. Natl. Sci. Acad. USA 90:11960-11964

Ryder, K., Lanahan, A., Perez-Albuerne, E. and Nathans, D. (1989) Jun-D: A third member of the Jun gene family. Proc. Natl. Sci. Acad. USA 86: 1500-1503