Dr. Peggy Farnham

Biography

Peggy Farnham is a prominent researcher and professor in the field of Cancer Biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She serves as the Vice Dean for Health Biomedical Sciences and has extensive expertise in chromatin regulation and transcription factor binding functions. Dr. Farnham received her bachelor’s degree from Rice University and later earned a Ph.D. from Yale University. Her post-doctoral training was completed at Stanford University. Prior to her current role, she held professorships at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as the Associate Director of the UC Davis Genome Center. A recognized leader in her field, she has significantly contributed to the ENCODE Project and has been an integral member of various international genomic collaborations. Her research interests primarily focus on transcriptional genomics and genomic technologies, particularly in relation to cancer cell and tissue models, as well as neuroepithelial cells. Farnham's work has garnered numerous awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010 and receiving the ASBMB Herbert Sober Award in 2012 for her outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research.

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