Channing J. Der, PhD
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Professor of Pharmacology at UNC-CH, School of Medicine Director, NIH Predoctoral Cancer Cell Biology Training Program Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Member, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology Member, Curriculum in Toxicology |
EDUCATION
1981-1985 |
Harvard Medical School (Pathology) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Postdoctoral Fellowship) |
1981 Ph.D. |
University of California, Irvine (Microbiology |
1975 B.A. |
University of California, Los Angeles (Biology) |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 - 2013 |
President, Cancer Biology Training Consortium |
2010 - 2013 |
Board of Directors, Cancer Biology Training Consortium |
2010 |
Consultant, Bristol-Myers Squibb |
2010 |
Consultant, AstraZeneca |
2010 |
Consultant, Sanofi-Aventis |
2010 - 2012 |
Chair, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grants Scientific Review Committee |
2010 - 2011 |
AACR Program Committee |
2009 - present |
Editorial Board, Bioscience Reports |
2009 - present |
Editorial Board, Small GTPases |
2009 - present |
Editorial Board, Genes & Cancer |
2008 |
Senior Academic Visitor of Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK |
2008 - present |
Scientific Advisory Board, Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research |
2008 - present |
Consultant, Millipore |
2007 - 2011 |
Reviewer, Italian Association Cancer Research |
2007 - 2008 |
AACR Program Committee |
2007 - 2008 |
Member, Children’s Tumor Foundation, Drug Discovery Initiative Panel |
2007 |
Member, AACR Grants Subcommittee for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fellowship |
2006 - 2009 |
Member, DOD Neurofibromatosis Research Program Integration Panel |
2006 - present |
Editorial Board, Journal Molecular Signaling |
2004 - 2007 |
AACR Laboratory Research Awards Selection Committee |
2005 - present |
Member, Cancer Biology Training Consortium |
2003 |
Consultant, Chemicon |
2003 |
Consultant, Upstate Biotechnology |
2003 |
Consultant, Odyssey Thera |
2002 |
Consultant, PPD Discovery |
2001- present |
Member, Faculty of 1000 |
2001 |
External Reviewer, Wake Forest Cancer Center Program |
2000 - 2002 |
Associate Editor, Cancer Research |
2000 - present |
Editorial Board, Cancer Letters |
2000 - present |
Consultant, Tularik |
1998 - present |
Director, NIH Cancer Cell Biology Training Grant |
1998 - present |
Board of Advisors, Children’s Tumor Foundation |
1998 - present |
Member, Curriculum in Toxicology, UNC-Chapel Hill |
1998 |
Consultant, Schering-Plogh |
1997 |
Consultant, Dupont-Merck |
1996 - 1997 |
Consultant, Biomeasure |
1996 |
Consultant, Merck |
1995 -1996 |
Consultant, Parke-Davis |
1995 - present |
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Member, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Member, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1992-1995 |
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Member, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Member, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1992-1996 |
Member, NIH Pathology B Study Section |
1992-1994 |
Consultant, Bristol-Myers Squibb |
1992-1993 |
Consultant, Dupont Merck Pharmaceuticals |
1991-1993 |
Consultant, Eisai Research Institute |
1990-present |
Consultant, Special Review Committee, NCI |
1989-1991 |
Ad Hoc Member, NIH Pathology B Study Section |
1989-1992 |
Staff Scientist, The Burnham Institute |
1985-1989 |
Assistant Staff Scientist, The Burnham Institute |
1981-1985 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
HONORS AND AWARDS
Recipient, Lauds & Laurels, Distinguished Alumni Award, University of California, Irvine (2012) Keynote Speaker, Ras-Like GTPases and Tumor Suppressors: Are We Ready For Translation? Tel Aviv, Israel (2012)
Keynote Speaker, Fayetteville State University-SPIRE Cancer Symposium (2011)
Keynote Speaker, Mayo Clinic Graduate Student Retreat (2011)
Recipient, Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award (2011)
Keynote Speaker, 16th International AEK Cancer Congress, Düsseldorf, Germany (2011)
Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on RASSF Family of Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Calgary, Canada (2009)
Keynote Speaker, Annual Cancer Center Retreat, Wake Forest University (2009)
Organizer, Cold Spring Harbor/Banbury Lustgarten KRAS Think Tank, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (2008)
Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, Jeju Island, Korea (2008)
Co-Organizer, Lustgarten/AACR Pancreatic Cancer Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC (2006)
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professorship (2006)
Keynote Speaker, FASEB Summer Research Conference, Saxton River, VT (2006)
Co-Chair, CNIO Cancer Conference, Madrid, Spain (2003)
Co-Organizer, Annual Oncogene Meeting, Frederick, MD (2003)
Keynote Speaker, MIT/Neurofibromatosis Foundation Consortium Meeting, Cambridge, MA (1999)
Organizer, NIEHS Symposium on Small GTPases and Cancer, Research Triangle Park, NC (1998)
Keynote Speaker, First Mark Roth Memorial Lecture, Ann Arbor, MI (1997)
Co-Chair, FASEB Summer Research Conference, Saxton River, VT (1991)
Recipient, American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award (1990-1995)
Recipient, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (1985-86)
Recipient, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship (1983-85)


