Joan Conaway, Ph.D. Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research Professor Endowed Title Cecil H. Green Distinguished Chair in Cellular and Molecular Biology School Medical School Department Office of the Provost | Molecular Biology Graduate Programs Cell and Molecular Biology Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Education A.B., Bryn Mawr College, in Chemistry and in Biology with honors from Haverford College Ph.D., in Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, with Dr. Roger Kornberg Post-Graduate Training DNAX Institute Research Fellow, DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA Professional Appointments Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Professor (Affiliate), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center Interim Head, Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Member, Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK Associate Member, Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Assistant Member, Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK Research Associate and Lecturer, Clayton Foundation Biochemical Institute, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX Honors 1991 Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Award for Scientific Excellence 1997 ASBMB-Amgen Award 2001 Burroughs-Wellcome Visiting Professorship, Saint Louis University School of Medicine 2002 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2005 Helen Nelson Distinguished Chair 2019 The University of Kansas Cancer Center Director’s Award for Basic Research 2020 National Academy of Sciences Advisory Boards External Advisory Board, City of Hope Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Duarte, CA, January 2020-present Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Strasbourg, France, January 2016 – December 2019 Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Strasbourg, France, September 2010 – present Chairperson, Board of Scientific Counselors - Basic Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, September 2011 - July 2015 Board of Scientific Counselors - Basic Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, September 2010 - July 2015 Editorial Boards and Review Committees Editorial Committee, Annual Review of Biochemistry, January 2007 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 1999 - February 2014 Member, NIH Molecular Biology Study Section, February 1994 - June 1998 Ad Hoc Member, NIH Molecular Biology Study Section, February 1993 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 1993 - July 1998 [For additional information, see CV] Research Interest Gene regulation, molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic transcription, chromatin modifying and remodeling enzymes
