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Linda Boxer is a Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, specializing in Hematology. She serves as the Vice Dean of the School of Medicine since 2013 and previously held the position of Chief of the Division of Hematology from 2004 to 2017. Dr. Boxer earned her MD and PhD degrees in Biophysics from Stanford University in 1981. Her research interests primarily focus on transcriptional deregulation in oncogenes and human hematologic malignancies. This work includes examining the mechanism of activation of the c-myc gene in Burkitt's lymphoma and exploring the implications of bcl-2 gene translocations in lymphomas. Additionally, she investigates gene expression profiles in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, particularly in response to chemotherapeutic agents. Dr. Boxer combines her clinical expertise with her laboratory research to address important questions in hematology and cancer biology.
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