New Staff Hires and Promotions: October 30, 2007

Aloma L. D'Souza, PhD, joined the Department in July of 2007 as the laboratory manager for Dr. Gary Glazer, MD. Together with Dr. Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, she has been busy establishing the new research laboratory that focuses on the study of prognostic cancer biomarkers. Dr. D'Souza received her doctorate degree and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry at Rush University, Chicago, where her research centered on cartilage biomarkers, in vitro engineered cartilage, and osteoarthritis. Prior to Stanford, Dr. D'Souza worked at Genentech, Inc., in the Department of Molecular Oncology. Her work included the functional identification and characterization of tumor over-expressed proteins and the evaluation of potential targets for intervention with therapeutic agents. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, painting, and art and architecture appreciation.

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