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Spotlight of the Month
Dr. David Strom
Dr. David Strom, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Physiology/Pharmacology Department specializing in cancer research. Dr. Strom was awarded $39,053 in 2007 for a Pfizer Grant entitled, "Evaluation of Atorvastatin's Effect on CNS metastasis". Dr. Strom is currently working in collaboration with Dr. Mollie James, D.O, a surgery resident at Mercy Hospital, conducting research on developing therapies to block CNS metastasis of breast cancer and identifying new treatments once it occurs.
Facts About Dr. Strom:
- Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
- Education: Received Bachelors of Science from the University of Iowa & Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego.
- Hobbies: Reading, Sudoku, Sports (tennis, golf, biking, & running)
- If Dr. Strom wasn't doing this job: He would be a completely broke professional tennis player.
- Dr. Strom's favorite aspect of doing research: the once or twice a year that an experiment leads to a new idea.
Current Research Projects:
- Understanding the role of RUNX1 in cell cycle progression and cancer
- Identifying new cancer chemotherapeutic agents.
- Developing a model and treatment modality for Breast Cancer metastasis to the brain.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Strom, DK; 2007 "Learn how to Avoid, Detect Disease that Kills 1,500 a Day", Des Moines Register Health News, July 25th 2007
- Strom, DK and Carpenter, K; 2007 "Slather on Sunscreen or your Skin will Suffer". Prepared for the Health Care Consortium, distributed to paper throughout Iowa. June, 2007
- Amann, J.M., Nip, J., Strom, D.K., Lutterbach, B., Harada, H., Lenny, N., Downing, J.R., Meyers, S., and Hiebert, S.W. ETO, a Target of the t(8;21) in Acute Leukemia, makes Distinct Contacts with Multiple Histone Deacetylases and Binds mSin3A through its oligormerization domain. Mol. Cell. Biol, 2001 21(19): 6470-6483
- Strom DK, Nip J, Westendorf JJ, Linggi B, Lutterbach B, Downing JR, Lenny N, Hiebert SW. Expression of the AML-1 oncogene shortens the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 4;275(5):3438-45.
Presentations:
- Novel Therapy of CNS Metastasis of HER2-Postive Breast Cancer M James, DO; C Filippelli, Drake University; C Ungs, Central College; D Strom, PhD
- Development of Monoconcal Antibodies Specific to Platelet Antigen IA at the Polymorphic Epitope Identified in Neonatal Alloiumme Thrombocytopenia H Taylor, BS; D Strom, PhD
Committees & Appointments:
- College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) Secretary/Treasurer
- COM Curriculum Committee
- COM Nomination Committee
- COM Performance Improvement Committee
- College of Podiatry Medical School (CPMS) Admissions Committee
- Director of Biomedical Sciences Program
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Interim Chair
- Masters of Public Health (MPH) Advisory Committee
- Summer Research Program Mentor
