Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Neurobiology and Anatomy - Professor
Internal Medicine - Professor
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| Academic Divisions |
Hematology/BMT
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Academic Bio
Jan L. Christian, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine with a primary appointment as a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy and a secondary appointment in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignanices, Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Christian began her healthcare careeer as a staff nurse, working in Orthopaedics, Intensive Care and Cardiac Intensive Care. Her research focuses on embryonic signaling by proprotein convertases and the regulation of Wnt signaling.
Dr. Christian earned her A.D.N. in Nursing at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, followed by a B.S. in Biology at Souther Oregon Univeristy in Ashland, Oregon. She then completed her Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Molecular and Cellular Developmental Biology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Washington in the Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Christian has published nearly 60 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and review articles.
