Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD
email: andrean-simons@uiowa.edu
phone: 319-384-4450
Title(s)
Associate Professor, Pathology
University of Iowa
Office
B180K Medical Laboratories, The University of Iowa, 25 S. Grand Ave, Iowa City, IA 52242-1181
Information
Education
Michigan Technology University
BS, Biochemistry, Iowa State University
PhD, Toxicology and Food Science and Technology, Iowa State University
Post Doctorate, Free Radical and Radiation Biology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
Research interest: The overall goal of our research program is to design novel and effective strategies to prevent the development of oral cancers from pre-malignant lesions and improve therapy options and quality of life for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. Our current research focus investigates how members of the Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor (TIR) family are involved in response to therapies used for HNSCC i.e. radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Our laboratory is affiliated with the Department of Pathology, Department of Radiation Oncology and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa.