Kathleen Helen Burns, M.D., Ph.D.
Title Professor of Pathology Institution Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Address Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis St
Boston MA 02115
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Biography
| Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX | M.D., Ph.D. | | Genetics |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD | residency | | Clinical Pathology (CP) |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD | fellowship | | Hematopathology |
1993
National Merit Scholar
1995
National Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
2003
Graduation Speaker, Baylor College of Medicine
2006
Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dept of Pathology
2008
Richard Starr Ross Physician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2008
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists
2015
Deputy Director for Research and Programs, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept of Pathology
2018
American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
2019
Scriver Family Visiting Professorship in Genetic Medicine, McGill University
2020
Department Chair, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dept of Pathology
2021
Daria Haust Lecturer of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University
2023
Inaugural Thomas Wheeler, M.D. Lecturer, Department of Pathology
Overview
Dr. Kathy Burns is the Chair of the Department of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Baylor College of Medicine and was recruited to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for clinical pathology (CP) residency and hematopathology fellowship. Thereafter, she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins, progressed through their academic ranks to Professor with tenure, and served as the Pathology department's Deputy Director (Vice Chair) for Research and the institution's Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Director. At Dana-Farber she now leads a research-oriented department of academic pathologists who study cancer biology. The Burns lab focuses its research on interspersed repeats and transposable elements and their roles in human disease.
Research
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R01CA240816
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Jul 15, 2020 - Jun 30, 2025
Characterizing the LINE-1 Retrotransposition-Replication Conflict
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01GM130680
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Jul 24, 2019 - May 31, 2023
Expression and Impact of Interspersed Repeats
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01GM124531
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Sep 15, 2017 - Aug 31, 2021
Exonizaton of Alu Insertion Polymorphisms
Role: Principal Investigator
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R13CA217120
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Jun 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018
FASEB SRC on Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes
Role: Principal Investigator
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T32CA193145
(EBERHART, CHARLES G)
Sep 21, 2015 - Aug 31, 2026
Opportunities for Pathology Trainees in Cancer Research
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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R01GM103999
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
May 2, 2013 - Feb 28, 2018
Mouse Models of Functional Insertion Polymorphisms
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01CA163705
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Mar 4, 2013 - Feb 28, 2019
Transposon Insertion Polymorphisms in Predispositions to Hematopoietic Neoplasia
Role: Principal Investigator
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K08CA134746
(BURNS, KATHLEEN H)
Aug 1, 2008 - Jul 31, 2013
Investigating the role of retrotransposons in hematopoietic neoplasias.
Role: Principal Investigator
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