Daniela Dinulescu

Dr. Dinulescu is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She received her Ph.D. From Oregon Health and Science University and completed her postdoctoral studies in the field of Cancer Genetics in Dr. Tyler Jacks’ laboratory at MIT. Dr. Dinulescu’s research interests focus on cancer biology, malignancies of the gonads and reproductive tract, with a special emphasis on ovarian cancer research and endometriosis. During her postdoctoral fellowship Dr. Dinulescu developed and validated the first genetic animal models for endometrioid ovarian cancer and endometriosis that accurately recapitulate the human disease. This was regarded as an important achievement in the cancer field since mouse models of ovarian cancer, which mimic the human disease, have been extremely difficult to develop. In addition, her studies helped uncover a first genetic link between endometriosis and endometrioid ovarian cancer, which helps explain their frequent association in women, a finding that was further validated by recent clinical studies.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (1994 — 2000)

Companies

• Associate Professor Harvard Medical School (2018)
• Gynecologic Cancers Program Member Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Cancer Center (2007)
• Scientist, Principal Investigator Division of Women’s and Perinatal Pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2006)
• Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School (2010 — 2018)
• Co-leader of the Pre-clinical Models Program Brigham Research Institute (2009 — 2013)
• Instructor Harvard Medical School (2006 — 2010)
• NIH Research Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cancer Center (2005 — 2006)
• American Cancer Society Research Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cancer Center (2002 — 2005)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute (2000 — 2001)