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Division of Surgical Oncology

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DIVISION OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
AND ENDOCRINE SURGERY

Claudia Andl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Claudia Andl, Ph.D., Division of Surgical Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TennesseeClaudia Andl currently focuses her research on the interaction of E-cadherin and TGF-β receptor II in modulating cancer migration and invasion.

Education

Dr. Andl received the Masters of Science (1992-97) from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She received her Ph.D. (1998-01) from the University of Essen, Germany (Summa cum laude), completing her research project for that degree at the University of Pennsylvania, PA.

Postdoctoral Training

From August 2001 through July 2002 Dr. Andl wa a Visiting Scholar in the GI Division at the University of Pennsylvania. Thereafter until September 2005 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then until January 2008 served as a Research Associate. In February 2008 she joined the Vanderbilt University faculty as Assistant Professor.

Research Support:

  • KO1 07/01/07-06/30/12
    Title: E-cadherin regulates TGFRII biology and function.
  • AGA/ FDHN Research Scholar Award 07/01/06- 06/30/09
    Title: Interaction of E-cadherin and TGFβ receptor II modulates cancer migration and invasion.

Awards

  • April 2002:  PhD, Summa cum laude
  • October 2002: “Top oral presentation” Award, Postdoctoral Biomedical Symposium, University of Pennsylvania
  • June 2005:  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference, Travel Award
  • July 2005-July 2006:  NIH Kirschstein NRSA fellowship (funded through June 2008, but returned due to obtaining AGA career development award)
  • July 2006- 2009: American Gastroenterology Association/ Foundation for Digestive Health & Nutrition (FDHN) Research Scholar Award
  • July 2007: NIH-KO1 (funded through 2012)

Publications
Review some of Dr. Andl's abstracts on PubMed.

Dr. Andl's CV is available in Adobe PDF format. For a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, follow the link below.

e-mail: Claudia Andl
phone: (615) 343-8401
fax: (615) 342-6174
mail address:
Surgical Oncology Research
Department of Surgery
1161 21st Ave South, MCN, D-2300
Nashville, TN 37232



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