Linda J. Metheny-Barlow, PhD
Assistant Professor
(336) 713-7636
lmetheny@wfubmc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Genetics; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 1996
M.S., Biochemistry; University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 1994
B.S., Biology (Magna cum laude); Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV; 1991
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cancer angiogenesis; signal transduction in regulation of cellular proliferation and its
alteration in malignancy; cell-cell interactions; development of therapeutic interventions
APPOINTMENTS
2006 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
2004 – 2006 Research Instructor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1999 – 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1996 – 1999 IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1991 - 1996 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Division of Genetics
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
AACR-Takeda Scholar-In-Training Award, 95th AACR Annual Meeting (2004)
Lombardi Cancer Center Breast Cancer SPORE Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999-2002)
NIH Genetics and Regulation Training Grant GM07102 (1993-1996)
University of Rochester Leon L. Miller Fellowship Award (1991)
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Fellowship Program (1991)