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SAMIR GUPTA, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Moores Cancer Center

Phone: 858-822-4499
Email: s1gupta@ucsd.edu

SAMIR GUPTA, MD

Dr. Gupta is Professor of Pathology and Biological Sciences, and conducts research on the molecular pathology of human cancer, especially leukemia, and interferon signal transduction. Her work has had a significant impact on the field, including, i) identifying the role of the synergistic effect of transcription factors RUNX1 and C/EBPa on the regulation of myeloid gene expression and lineage differentiation; ii) the establishment of cell and mouse models to study human t(8;21) fusion proteins in leukemia development; iii) discovery of the function of a novel gene Ubp43/Usp18 in protein modification by a ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15, and its role in interferon signal transduction; iv) identification of how protein ISGylation suppresses cancer growth. She was a member of Board of Scientific Counselors in Basic Sciences of NCI until November of 2017. Her research is funded by multiple NIH grants. Furthermore, she serves on the editorial boards of several journals (e.g., Blood) as well as on NIH, LLS, and ASH study sections.

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NOE C. CRESPO, PHD

Associate Professor and Division Head
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
San Diego State University

Email: ncrespo@sdsu.edu

NOE C. CRESPO, PHD

Dr. Crespo’s research focuses on reducing health disparities and conducting multi-level community- and family-based interventions to prevent chronic disease among Latinos and underserved populations. He has experience conducting multi-level and large-scale interventions to promote physical activity and healthy eating in schools, clinics and recreation centers. Dr. Crespo also studies the health consequences of sedentary behavior and conducts behavioral interventions to reduce sedentary behavior in worksites. More recently, he has conducted research to develop and test effective strategies to prevent COVID-19, increase testing for COVID-19 and increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among underserved communities.

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