Michele EVANS

Biography

Dr. Michele K. Evans, a board certified internist and medical oncologist, received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway. She received her postgraduate training in internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and fellowship training in medical oncology within the Medicine Branch of the Clinical Oncology Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Interest in human cancer prone disorders and DNA repair led her to study the role of DNA repair in cancer susceptibility as a Senior Clinical Investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, NCI. At the National Institute on Aging (NIA), her major research interest centers on the clinical implications of eukaryotic DNA repair in cancer pathogenesis and aging. She also conducts epidemiologic work in the area of health disparities. Dr. Evans also serves as Deputy Scientific Director, NIA.

Selected Publications

1. Powe CE, Evans MK, Wenger J, Zonderman AB, Berg AH, Nalls M, Tamez H, Zhang D, Bhan I, Karumanchi SA, Powe NR, Thadhani R. Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D status of black Americans and white Americans.N Engl J Med. 2013;369(21):1991-2000.

2. Noren Hooten N, Ejiogu N, Zonderman AB, Evans MK. Association of oxidative DNA damage and C-reactive protein in women at risk for cardiovascular disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012;32(11):2776-84.

3. Kim Y, Noren Hooten N, Dluzen DF, Martindale JL, Gorospe M, Evans MK. Posttranscriptional Regulation of the Inflammatory Marker C-Reactive Protein by the RNA-Binding Protein HuR and MicroRNA 637. Mol Cell Biol. 2015;35(24):4212-21.

4. Zonderman AB, Mode NA, Ejiogu N, Evans MK. Race and Poverty Status as a Risk for Overall Mortality in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(9):1394-5.