Biography Awards and Honors		Kathleen Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hematopoietic diseases EDUCATION B.A., Williams College M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Ph.D., California Institute of Technology RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral fellowship, Judith Gasson, Ph.D., UCLA Graduate Student, Raymond Deshaies, Ph.D., Division of Biology, HHMI, California Institute of Technology CURRENT POSITION Professor and Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology Vice-Chair of Research Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Co-Associate Director of Signal Transduction Program Area, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center David Geffen School of Medicine California Nanosystems Institute Molecular Biology Institute University of California, Los Angeles Awards and Honors 1988 Victor E. Stork Award, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles 1992 STOP CANCER/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Career Development Award 1994 American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Young Investigator Award 1996 Western Society for Pediatric Research, Junior Faculty Ross Award in Research 1999 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America Fellow, Special Fellow, and Scholar Awards 2003-2007 ACS Grant Review Subcommittee on Leukemia, Immunology, and Blood Cell Development 2004 NIH Study Sections (ad hoc) on Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology; Basic Mechanisms of Cancer Therapy 2005-2009 Member, NIH Hematopoiesis Study Section 2005-present Member, Translational Research Program Grant Review Committee for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America 2007-present Member, Professional Development Committee, American Society for Pediatric Hematology- Oncology 2007-present St. Baldrick's Foundation Scientific Review Committee 2008-present Grant Reviewer, Maryland and New York Stem Cell Program Grant Review Committees 2008 "Meet-the-Expert" on Transcription Factors and AML, American Society of Hematology meeting 2008 NIH Special Emphasis Panel/CRG Loan Repayment Program Review Committee 2008-2010 Board of Trustees, American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2008 Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation "Gift of Hope" Award 2009 Fernbach Distinguished Visiting Professor Lectureship, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine 2011 Chair, ASH Scientific Subcommittee on Myeloid Biology 2010 Standing Member, NIDDK-D study section for training grants (K awards and T32) 2010 Outstanding Advances in Cancer Research, Mendiburu Magic Foundation Award 2011 Brent Ely Visiting Professor in Pediatric Oncology, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Denver
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