Academic Information
Departments: Internal Medicine - Associate Professor, Pathology - Adjunct Associate Professor
Divisions: Gastroenterology, Microbiology and Immunology
Academic Office Information
Research Interests
- Novel Immune Targets for Cancer Therapy
- Interaction Between Tumor Cells and the Tumor Microenvironment
- Interrelationships Between Infection, Inflammation and Cancer
Ellen J. Beswick, PhD is the Associate Director of GI Research and an Associate Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, and a member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Her research interests include novel immune targets for gastrointestinal cancers that can be explored in translational approaches in the hopes of developing new combination therapeutics.
Primary research interests in the Beswick lab include:
1. Uncovering the unrecognized role of G-CSF in the gastrointestinal tumor microenvironment and tumor promoting immune responses
2. Examining the role of MAP kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) in chronic inflammation and tumor-promoting pathways in gastrointestinal cancers
3. Understanding how fibroblasts regulate immune responses in the colon in inflammatory bowel disease and cancer
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Education History
| Postdoctoral Fellowship |
University of Texas Medical Branch Immunology |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Training |
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry |
Ph.D. |
| Undergraduate |
Florida Southern College Biology |
B.S. |