Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, MSc, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Radiobiology Course Director, Therapeutic RadiologyBiography
Dr. Escobar-Hoyos obtained her master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. As a Fulbright Scholar, she pursued a Ph.D. in Cancer Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University mentored by Dr. Kenneth Shroyer. She then completed her postdoctoral training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center co-mentored by Drs. Steven Leach and Omar Abdel-Wahab. In 2020, Dr. Escobar-Hoyos joined the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale as an Assistant Professor.
The overarching goal of Dr. Escobar-Hoyos' lab is to cure pancreatic and lung cancers. Specifically, the team seeks to understand and target somatic mutations, and aberrant RNA processing in these tumors to develop of novel therapies.
Appointments
Therapeutic Radiology
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryMolecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Assistant ProfessorSecondaryMedical Oncology
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Escobar-Hoyos Lab
- Internal Medicine
- Janeway Society
- Medical Oncology
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Radiobiology
- Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
- Therapeutic Radiology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
Education & Training
- PhD
- Stony Brook University (2015)
- MSc
- Universidad del valle (2013)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- June 20, 2024
Chemotherapy Before Surgery Benefits Some Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
- June 13, 2023
Dr. Luisa Escobar-Hoyos Named Pew-Stewart Scholar
- January 17, 2023
Damon Runyon awards $3.2M to innovative early-career scientists
- November 27, 2022Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Advancing Novel Pancreatic Cancer Research
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Therapeutic Radiology
15 York Street PO Box 208040
New Haven, CT 06513
United States
Locations
Yale Therapeutic Radiology
Academic Office