Ashley Anderson, Ph.D.

Ashley Anderson is in her 3rd MD year in the MD/PhD Program

Current Program Year: MS 3

Current Student, Program in Biomedical Sciences, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine

M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine

Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences Students, School of Medicine

Biography

Research Interests: cancer biology, metastasis, microscopy, single cell technologies

Education and training

B.S., 2015, University of Portland

Memberships and associations:

  • American Medical Womens Association
  • American Physician Scientists Association

Honors and awards

ARCS Scholar Award, 2020

Publications

Selected publications

Anderson AN, Conley P, Klocke CD, Sengupta SK, Pang A, Farley H, Gillingham A, Robinson TL, Fan Y, Jones JA, Gibbs SL, Skalet AH, Wu G, Wong MH. Detection of neoplastic-immune hybrid cells with metastatic potential in uveal melanoma. Biomarker Research, July 2024. PMID: 39030653

Whalen RM*, Anderson AN*, Jones JA*. Ultra high content analysis of circulating and tumor associated hybrid cells reveal phenotypic heterogeneity. Scientific Reports, March 2024. PMID: 38538742. *Co-first author

Henn TE*, Anderson AN*, Hollett YR, Sutton T, Swain J, Sauer D, Clayburgh D, Wong MH. Circulating hybrid cells predict presence of occult nodal metastases in oral cavity carcinoma. Head & Neck, April 2021. PMID: 33835633. *Co-first author.

Anderson AN and Gibbs SL. Shooting for multiplexed pathology with Orion. Nature Cancer, July 2023. PMID: 37495737

Ouyang X, Barling AN, Lesch A, Tyner J, Choonoo G, Zheng C, Jeng S, West T, Clayburgh D, Courtneidge S, McWeeney S, Kulesz-Martin M. Induction of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) as a novel mechanism of EGFR inhibitor resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patient-derived models. Cancer Biology & Therapy, June 2018.

Kulesz-Martin M, Ouyang X, Barling AN, Gallegos JR, Liu Y, Medler T. Multistage Carcinogenesis: Cell and Animal Models. Comprehensive Toxicology, January 2017.

Thompson JR, Valleau JC, Barling AN, Franco JG, DeCapo M, Bagley J, Sullivan EL. Exposure to a high fat diet during early development programs offspring behavior by impairing the central serotonergic system in juvenile nonhuman primates. Frontiers in Endocrinology, July 2017.

Liu Y, Wang Z, De La Torre R, Barling AN, Tsujikawa T, Hornick N, Hanifin J, Simpson E, Wang Y, Swanzey E, Wortham A, Ding H, Coussens L, Kulesz-Martin M. Trim32 deficiency enhances Th2 immunity and predisposes to features of atopic dermatitis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Oct 2016.