Sundus Shalabi, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduated 2021
Graduated 2021
Current Position:
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Prior Academic Affiliation: Doctor of Medicine Degree (MD) from Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Thesis Mentor: Mark LaBarge, PhD.
Thesis topic: Investigating epithelial-epithelial and epithelial-stromal communication circuits in mammary tissue from high risk women.
Fellowships, honors, awards etc.: August 2019, Best Poster award; Emergence of a putative Wnt/FZD-based epithelial-stromal communication circuit in high-risk breast tissue; City of Hope 3rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium. Duarte, CA.; June 2019, Travel award from City of Hope Graduate school to attend the ASMB-Fibroblast workshop, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; April 2019, Best oral presentation award; City of Hope Research Staff organization Advanced Annual meeting; Emergence of a putative Wnt/FZD-based epithelial-stromal communication circuit in high-risk breast tissue. UCLA conference center at Lake Arrowhead, CA.; October 2019, Best poster award; BRCA1 mutation and related microenvironments drive acceleration of aging phenotypes in mammary epithelia. Southern California Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA; Dec 2017, Best poster award; The high-risk breast tissue cell resource; City of Hope Annual poster session, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; 2008-2010, Dean’s Honors list, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem.
Publications:
Fresques T, Zirbes A, Shalabi S, Samson S, Preto S, Stampfer MR and LaBarge MA “Breast Tissue Biology Expands the Possibilities for Prevention of Age-Related Breast Cancers”, Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 7:174, 28 August 2019.
Tossas-Milligan K, Shalabi S, Jones V, Keely PJ, Conklin MW, Eliceiri KW, Winn R, Sistrunk C, Geradts J, Miranda-Carboni GA, Dietze EC, Yee LD, Seewaldt VL. “Mammographic Density: Intersection of Advocacy, Science, and Clinical Practice”. Current breast cancer reports. 11: 100-10, 24 July 2019
Shahrour M, Sawalha N , Masri M, Rajabi H, Salah Eddin M, Jo’beh T, Shalabi S, Lafi A,
Jawabra E, Khreim W, Natsheh S, Abu Awwad M, Khammash H; “Alcohol versus dry umbilical cord care among newborn infants in occupied Palestinian territory: a controlled trial”. The Lancet. Volume 390, Supplement 2, August 2017, Page S3.