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Kamila Naxerova is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Genetics. Her research focuses on cancer genetics and somatic evolution, employing interdisciplinary approaches to study the origins and consequences of somatic variation. Her work blends computational analysis, experimental research, and mathematical modeling to understand mutation and selection processes in normal stem cells that set the stage for cancer evolution over long periods. Naxerova investigates how tumor development leads to tissue-specific selection that shapes cancer genomes and seeks to gain insights into the life history of cancer by taking advantage of genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity. Her lab is particularly interested in the evolution of metastasis, exploring whether metastases arise from distinct clones with unique genetic properties and the implications of these findings for understanding early and late tumor development. Furthermore, she develops experimental and computational methods to determine the clonal architecture and lineage of somatic cells in human specimens while collaborating with clinicians to further understand cancer evolution.
Administered by the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS). GRE is not required and will not be considered for BBS, Immunology, and Neuroscience.