March 7, 2003
Richard Aplenc, MD, MSCE, Appointed
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(Philadelphia,
PA) - Richard Aplenc, MD, MSCE, has been appointed
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics,
division of Pediatric Oncology, at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Aplenc earned his medical degree in 1994 from the
University of Virginia. He earned his Masters of Science
in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania,
and is currently pursuing a Doctoral Program in the
same area there.
Dr. Aplenc's research interests include the molecular
epidemiology of childhood cancers, with a focus on case
control studies to evaluate the role of polymorphisms
in drug metabolizing enzymes, and treatment outcome
and toxicity in pediatric leukemia. He is currently
working on several research projects studying genotypes
and cancer. Dr. Aplenc is also collaborating with Dr.
Jason Christie, also of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology
and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania,
in a cohort study examining genetic modifiers of acute
lung injury susceptibility and outcome. His research
has been published in several journals including the
Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology,
Accepted Genetics, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer
Research, and Leukemia.
Dr. Aplenc is a member of the American Association for
Cancer Research, the American Society of Hematology
and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is
also an ad-hoc reviewer for the publications Cancer,
Clinical Cancer Research and Medical and Pediatric
Oncology.
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