Curriculum Vita Dr. Donna-Beth Douglas
EDUCATION:
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (Oncology)
Doctor of Philosophy
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Biochemistry)
Dissertation: “Biologic Effects of Antipeptide Antibodies on the Her-2/neu Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: Implications for Therapy of Human Breast Cancer@
(This vaccine is currently in clinical trials)
Bachelor of Science
Magna Cum Laude. Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL (Biochemistry)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Founder, Director, Douglas Cancer Institute, N. Palm Beach, FL
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, CCBC, Catonsville, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL
Member, Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
Member, Monumental Medical Society
Member, American Association for Cancer Research
PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PAPERS:
Douglas, D. Hope on the Horizon: Breakthrough Natural Solutions for Preventing and Reversing Chronic Disease, ISBN 978-1-84728-849-3. Lulu Publishing, www.lulu.com/donnajhu (2006).
Douglas, D., Akiyama, Y., Carraway, H., Belinsky, S., Esteller, M., Gabrielson, E., Weitzman, S., Williams, T., Herman, J., Baylin, S. (2004) Hypermethylation of a small CpGuanine rich region correlates with loss of activator protein-2alpha expression during progression of breast cancer. Cancer Research 64, 1611 – 1620.
Dakapaggari, N., Douglas, D., Triozzi, P., Stevens,V. and P.T.P. Kaumaya. (2000) Prevention of Mammary Tumors with a Chimeric HER-2 B-cell Epitope Peptide Vaccine. Cancer Research 60, 3782-3789.
Corn, P., Smith, B.D., Ruckdeschel, E.S., Douglas, D., Baylin, S.B. and Herman, J.G. (2000) E-cadherin Expression is Silenced by 5' CpG Island Methylation in Acute Leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research, 6(11), 4243-8.
Woodbine, D., Conrad, S. DiGeorge, A. M. and P.T.P. Kaumaya.(1996) Positioning of Promiscuous T Cell Epitopes on a single Matrix, Multicomponent Combination Vaccine In Elucidation of MHC-Unrestricted Responses. In PEPTIDES: Chemistry, Structure and Biology (Kaumaya, P.T.P and Hodges, R.S., Eds.)Mayflower Scientific Ltd.
Woodbine, D., Aldrich, W., Triozzi, P., Stevens, V. and P.T.P. Kaumaya. (1996) Peptide Vaccine Strategy for Immunotherapy of Human Breast Cancer Using the Her-2/neu Oncogene.In PEPTIDES: Chemistry, Structure and Biology (Kaumaya, P.T.P and Hodges, R.S., Eds.) Mayflower Scientific Ltd.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Scientific Advisor: State of Maryland House of Representatives
BWLC National Convention, Baltimore, MD
State of Maryland Leadership Conference, Zeta Phi Beta
14th American Peptide Symposium
15th American Peptide Symposium
Los Alamos National Lab
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