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Deanna Edwards, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology.
She received her PhD from the University of Kentucky, where she studied telomere-related aging events. Her recent work identified new mechanistic insights into how cancer cells use glutamine metabolism to alter immune responses. Dr. Edwards' current research program focuses on the role of metabolic interplay of tumor cells with immune cells in regulating metastasis to multiple sites, including lung and bone.
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Education
PhD - Toxicology - University of Kentucky, 2012
Fellowship - University of Kentucky, 2014
Fellowship - Vanderbilt University, 2019
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307