Nathan A. Ellis

Genetics researcher Ellis joins UA Cancer Center

An internationally recognized genetics researcher has joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center as program leader of its cancer biology program.

Nathan A. Ellisย most recently was an associate professor of pediatrics and member of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Illinois- Chicago. He was previously affiliated with the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the New York Blood Center.

Ellisโ€™ primary research effort is to identify and characterize genetic risk factors in colorectal cancer. He currently has major research funding from the Center for Cancer Health Disparities in the National Cancer Institute where the work has expanded to construct a Cancer Genome Atlas for African American Colorectal Cancer.

Ellis holds a U.S. patent for methods of diagnosis and treatment of Bloom Syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by short stature and predisposition to the development of cancer.

He is a graduate of St. Johnโ€™s College in Annapolis, Maryland, and received a doctorate in genetics from the University of Washington. He completed postdoctoral training in human molecular genetics at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now called Cancer Research UK) in London.

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