Primary Affiliation

Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Catharine Birch Williams & McCormick Chair
The George Washington University Medical Center
2300 I Street, N.W., Ross 530, Washington, D.C., 20037, USA
E-mail: bcmrxk@gwumc.edu
http://www.gwumc.edu/biochem.

Professional Experience (selected)

• 2000, Expert Reviewer, Signal Transduction, National Science Foundation
• 2001, 2000 Member -Tumor Cell I Study Section; Member- Susan Komen Foundation;
• 2001, 2003 Expert Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation, Israel
• 2001-2004 Member, Promotion and Tenure and Space Committees, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
• 2001-2005, Reviewer, Pathobiology-4/2 Study Section, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Program
• 2002 Member, Special Emphasis Oncology Study Section, NIH
• 2002-2004, Expert Reviewer Signaling, Association for International Cancer Research, St Andrews, UK,
• 2002-2007, Member and Chair, Institutional Space Review Committee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2003, Member, Reproductive Endocrinology Study Section, NIH
• 2003, Member-California Breast Cancer Program
• 2005, Member, NCI Drug Discovery & Mole. Pharmacology Study Section (Feb, July, and Oct); NIH GCC Site Visit, Tumor Cell I Study Section - Komen Foundation; Cali. Breast Cancer Program,
• 2005, Member, 2005 AACR Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Program Subcommittee
• 2005, Session Chair/Invited Speaker, Gordon Conf, Hormone Action in Cancer & Devlop
• 2005-2009, Chartered Member, Drug Discovery & Molecular Pharmacology (DMP) Study Section, NIH
• 2005-2009, Member, Research Strategy & Advisory Comm., APEX Advisory Body to MDACC’s President
• 2006, AACR Program Committee 2006, Chair –Exp. and Molecular Therapeutics Subcommittee Co-Chair-
• 2006-2009, Research and Academic Operation Leader (third institutional alternate leader) Institutional Emergency Management Team, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2007 Member, Selection Committee for the Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research
• 2008, Co-chair –AACR Conference on “Cytoskeleton Signaling in Cancer” Feb 3-5, San Diego
• 2010-, Invited Membership to the NURSA Consortium (http://www.nursa.org)
• 2011-2017, Chartered Member, Cancer Molecular Pathobiology Study Section, NIH

Honors (selected)

• 1995 ASIOA Young Scientist Award; A.L. Bortree Lectureship, Penn State University, PA
• 1995 Hinkle Outstanding Investigator Award, Penn State University, PA
• 2002-2007 Annual First Place AMGEN Award in Basic Science to students from Kumar labs for Six consecutive years, MDACC-wide Institutional Trainee Recognition Day
• 2004 MDACC Faculty Achievement Award in Basic Science
• 2004 The Norman Brinkler Award for Research Excellence
• 2004-2007 MDACC Exceptional Leadership and Support as a Mentor Award
• 2007 MDACC Presidential Recognition for a Mentor of Distinction Award
• 2008 Ranbaxy Research Award

Academic And Administrative Positions (selected)

• 1988-1992 Assistant/Associate Lab Member Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• 1992-1996 Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
• 1996-1998 Associate Professor, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• 1998-2000 Professor of Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• 1998-2009 Professor of the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
• 1999-2009 Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2000-2009 Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cellular & Molecular Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2002-2003 Edward Rotan Distinguished Professor MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2003-2009 John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2006- Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
• 2009- Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2009- Director – Institute of Coregulator Biology, George Washington University
• 2009- Catharine Birch & McCormick Chair, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• 2009- Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Washington University   School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• 2010- Co-Director, W.M. Keck Institute of Proteomics, George Washington University
• 2010- Visiting Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Current Editorial Activities (selected)

• 2002- Associate Editor, Clinical Cancer Research.
• 2003- Editorial Member, Cancer & Metastasis Reviews.
• 2005- Senior Editor, Cancer Research.
• 2009- Editorial Board, Endocrinology.
• 2009- Editorial Board, Journal of Cellular Physiology.
• 2009- Editorial Board, Journal of Translational Research.
• 2009- Editorial Board, Genes and Cancer.
• 2009- Editorial Board, Cancer Letts.
• 2010- Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry.
• 2010- Associate Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Research Work as Cover Illustrations in Scientific Journals (selected)

• Cell Growth & Differentiation 8, 417-423, 1997.
• Cancer Research 61, 81-87, 2001.
• Molecular Endocrinology, 16, 116-127, 2002.
• Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2, 345-351, 2003.
• Clinical Cancer Research, 10, 658-667, 2004.
• Clinical Cancer Research, 10, 3621-3628, 2004.
• FEBS Lett 567, 243-247, 2004.
• Cancer Biology & Therapy, 5, 554-556, 2006.
• Immunity, 24, 827-838, 2006.
• Clinical Cancer Research, 12, 5994 - 5999, 2006.
• Autophagy, 4, 1-4, 2008.
• Clinical Cancer Research, 68, 6387-6395, 2008.
• Cancer Research 70: 6649–6658, 2010.

Research Highlights in Scientific Journals (selected)

• Nature Structural Biology 10: p622, 2003
• Nature Review Cancer 8: 573, 2004
• Nature Review Molecular Cell Biology 5: 593, 2004
• Development 131: e1404, 2004
• J. National Cancer Institute 98: 657, 2006
• Endocrinology News 31 (2): 4, 2006
• Nature Review Molecular Cell Biology 11: 542, 2010

• Students/Fellows/Postdoctoral Fellows Directly Trained: About 57
  Invited Speaker at Other Academic Institutions: About 100
  Invited Speaker/Chair at the National and International Meetings, and Symposiums: About 70