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David Dawson, MD, Pathology, Los Angeles, CA

DavidWDawsonMDPhD

Pathology Los Angeles, CA

Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Associate Professor, Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine

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Education & Training

  • University of California
    University of CaliforniaPost-Doctoral Fellowship, NIH Tumor Cell Biology Training Grant, 2002 - 2005
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1999 - 2002
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1999
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern UniversityPhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1997
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityDean, 1987 - 1991
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityBS, Zoology, Magna cum laude, 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Awards American Association for Cancer Research, 2013
  • Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research Reviewer, Hirshberg Foundation (1009-2012), 2012
  • AACR-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award AACR-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (2008-2010)., 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Prognostic Scoring System for the Prediction of Metastatic Recurrence Following Curative Resection of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors  
    Paul A Toste, Shonan Sho, Colin M Court, Joseph R Pisegna, Oscar J Hines, Howard A Reber, David W Dawson, Michael Lewis, James S Tomlinson, Timothy R Donahue, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
  • Global DNA methylation profiling reveals silencing of a secreted form of Epha7 in mouse and human germinal center B cell lymphomas.  
    Dawson DW, Hong JS, Shen RR, French SW, Troke JJ, Wu Y-Z, Chen S-S, Gui D, Regelson M, Marahrens Y, Morse III HC, Said J, Plass C and Teitell MA, Oncogene 26:4243-52. PMID: 17260020
  • Distinct contributions of microtubule subtypes to cell membrane shape and stability.  
    Pelling AE, Dawson DW, Carreon DM, Christiansen JJ, Shen RR, Teitell MA and Gimzewski J, Nanomedicine 3:43-52. PMID: 17379168
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Chromatin, Chromosomes and Cancer Epigenetics
    Dawson, D.W., Wu, Y-Z., Smith, L., Plass, C. Teitell, M. Bioinformatics and Genome-wide assessment of mammalian CmC, AACR Special Conference, Waikailoa Village, HI
  • Global methylation profiling in TCL1 transgenic mice reveals novel targets of DNA hypermethylation in mature B cell lymphomas.
    Dawson, D.W., Hong, J.S., Shen, R.R., French, S.W., Troke, J., Wu, Y-Z., Chen, S-S., Gui, D., Regelson, M., Marahrens, Y, Morse III, H.C., Said, J., Plass, C. and M.A...., AACR Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA
  • Global DNA methylation changes in pancreatic cancer.
    Nguyen, A.M., Pellegrini, M. and Dawson, D, UCLA Stein-Oppenheimer Endowment Awards Reception and Poster Presentation, Los Angeles, CA
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Lectures

  • Basic and Translational Research Career Paths in Pancreatic Cancer. 
    Peer-to-Peer Round Table Session at AACR Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Canonical Wnt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer. 
    UCLA IMED/ICMIC Group Meeting
  • Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer Research. 
    Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Symposium, Phoenix, AZ
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Press Mentions

  • Chocolate Can Interfere with Analytical Cannabis Testing
    Chocolate Can Interfere with Analytical Cannabis TestingMay 16th, 2021

Professional Memberships

  • Pathology Subcore of Animal Core
    Director