Dr. Nadine
Darwiche is Associate Professor of Biology,
graduated with Ph.D. in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology from the George Washington
University in 1994. She was awarded from the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ,
Maryland a pre-doctoral intramural research
fellowship: 1990-1994 National Cancer Institute
and two postdoctoral fellowships (1994-1997)
National Cancer Institute and National
Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development. She joined AUB in October 1998 as
Assistant Professor and was promoted to
Associate Professor in 2001. Her research
interests are in the field of cancer
chemoprevention and treatment; in particular in
deciphering the role of retinoids (vitamin A
derivatives) using skin cancer and
leukemia/lymphoma models. Her team also
identifies anti-tumor activities of Lebanese
indigenous plant extracts and elucidate their
mechanism of action. |
