Anil K. Rustgi, MD

For exemplary research dedicated to deciphering the molecular drivers of gastrointestinal cancers, including revealing cyclin D1’s oncogenic role in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, uncovering p120 catenin as a tumor suppressor and regulator of epithelial plasticity, and elucidating p53-driven mechanisms of tumor metastasis that have since informed the development of pioneering mouse and organoid cancer models.

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