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
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