Renee Read, PHD

Emory University; Atlanta, GA – Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Dr. Read received her PH.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, MO followed by training at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Her current research focuses on Glioblastomas and the roles of developmental signaling pathways in neural progenitor cells that give rise to Glioblastomas. Her research has led to an early-phase clinical trial of a drug that targets the Hippo pathway transcriptional effector YAP.