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Job Title Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 9

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5055 Phone

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Medical School:	1996 PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2002 MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Residency:	2005 Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Fellowship:	1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. 2008 Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Endowed Instructorship, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Hyundai Scholar, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Jeffrey S. Farkas Pediatric Teaching Award, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Honorable Mention, Golden Apple Resident Teaching Award, UPMC
Henry Seidel Scholar, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Milton Hershey School Alumni Achievement Award in Academic Excellence
Sigma Xi Research Society, Bucknell University

Graves JA, Wang Y, Sims-Lucas S, Cherok E, Rothermund K, Branca MF, Elster J, Beer-Stolz D, Van Houten B, Vockley J, Prochownik EV. Mitochondrial structure, function and dynamics are temporally controlled by c-Myc. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37699.
Graves JA, Rothermund K, Wang T, Qian W, Van Houten B, Prochownik EV. Point mutations in c-Myc uncouple neoplastic transformation from multiple other phenotypes in rat fibroblasts. PLoS One. 2010 Oct 28;5(10):e13717.
Graves JA, Metukuri M, Scott D, Rothermund K, Prochownik EV. Regulation of reactive oxygen species homeostasis by peroxiredoxins and c-Myc. J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 6;284(10):6520-9.

Regulation of genotoxic reactive oxygen species homeostasis by the oncogene c-Myc and the peroxiredoxin family
Impact of Specific Cellular Modifications on c-Myc Induced Tumorigenesis

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January 8, 2013