FORA.tv Speaker - Tannishtha Reya

Tannishtha Reya is Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Co-director of the Stem Cell Research Program at the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Reya obtained her bachelor’s degree from Williams College and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She subsequently completed her postdoctoral training at the University of California at San Francisco and Stanford University. Her work has provided insight into the signals that control stem cell growth, and how the same signals are subverted to fuel cancer growth. Her awards include the Cancer Research Institute Scholar award, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar award, as well as the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.