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Dr. Felsher’s Lab investigates how genes related to cancer initiate and sustain tumors. Dr. Felsher has developed novel model systems to conditionally activate cancer genes in normal human and mouse cells in tissue culture or in specific tissues in transgenic mice. In particular Dr. Felsher has found new evidence of correlation of cancer activation and inactivation related to a proto-oncogene known as Myc. This work led to a land mark paper Nature Magazine in late 2004. Prior to Stanford, Dr. Felsher served on the faculty of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF, served fellowships at UCSF and the Hooper Foundation and was a resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Felsher holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and a M.D.-Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from the UCLA School of Medicine. | 