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Nilay Singh Sethi, M.D., Ph.D.

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Biography
education and training
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJB.S.05/2004Biology
Princeton University, Princeton, NJPh.D.06/2010Molecular Biology
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJM.D.05/2012
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA06/2014Internal medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA6/2018Hematology/Oncology
awards and honors
2003
Joseph Vina Junior Award (TCNJ)
2004
Bristol Myers Squibb Senior Award (TCNJ)
2010
MD/PhD Conference Award (MGH-Karolinska-Cell Press Days of Molecular Medicine Conference)
2010
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award (Joint MRS Conference)
2011
Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence (NJCCR)
2011
New Jersey Cancer Research Award for Scientific (NJCCR) Excellece
2012
Outstanding Achievement in the MD-PhD Program
2012
Dean's Research Award (RWJMS)
2013
Favorite Doctor | Staff Holiday Awards (UCSF)
2019
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award ( Environmental Carcinogenesis Conference)
2020
ASCI Young Physician Scientist Award

Overview
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My passion for investigative research is fundamentally dependent on its power to impact our understanding of human disease and ultimately improve patient care. I engage basic and translational research efforts to generate opportunities for advances in medical oncology. In particular, I am committed to understanding the specific genomic alterations and fundamental molecular mechanisms that promote gastrointestinal malignancies with the hope that novel insights will translate into clinical advances.

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  1. K08DK120930 (SETHI, NILAY) Apr 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2024
    NIH
    Integration of early genetic alterations and inflammation in gastroesophageal premalignancy
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. (Sethi) Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2020
    Claudia Adams Barr Program in Cancer Research
    Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Mutant SOX9 in Colorectal Cancer

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