Sierra-Rivera Joins CSR
Dr. Elaine Sierra-Rivera has joined the Center for Scientific Review
as scientific review administrator for the new pathology C study
section in the oncological sciences integrated review group. This
section reviews grant applications related to events that initiate
malignancies, tumor suppressor genes, cell cycle and apoptosis. She
earned her Ph.D. in radiation biology from the University of Iowa,
where she studied the role of radiation in oncogenic transformation.
After postdoctoral work at Brown University, Sierra-Rivera moved
to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She was a research
assistant professor in the Center for Radiation Oncology and the
department of obstetrics and gynecology before becoming an
assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology. She and
a colleague were known for cloning two genes for enzymes in the
glutathione pathway that influence how tumor cells respond to
chemotherapy. Sierra-Rivera also developed a program to teach
medical students how to speak and relate to Spanish-speaking
patients.
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