Michele Parker

Michele Parker

• B.S., University of California, San Diego, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Ph.D., University of Arizona, Cancer Biology
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, Polyak Lab for Breast Cancer Research

In addition to my work in the Department of Public Health, I am the Assistant Director of the University Honors Program and a Faculty Advisor in the Drahmann Center. My research is a collaboration with a NGO based in Uganda to bring reproductive health education and mental health awareness to low resource communities.

• PHSC 1 Introduction to Public Health
• PHSC 103 Advanced Global Health
• PHSC 124 Health Consequences of a Western Lifestyle
• PHSC 197 Career Exploration in Public Health

• A. Estrada, C. Edgerton, K. Fairchok, M. Parker, A. Jezak, C. Pavelka, H. Lee, L. Doyle and A. Feldmeth. Addressing Water Insecurity with a Greywater Hydroponics System in South Africa, 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2020.
  
  
• R. Albright-Borden, P. Nelken, S. Sparagana, S. Thompson, J. Wang, L. Doyle, H. Lee, M. Parker, SK Wilson."Combating Food Insecurity with Large Scale Aquaponics: A Case Study in Silicon Valley," 2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2019, pp. 1-5.
  
  
• N. Gerbino, D. Heil, C. Hultquist, J. Lanoha, R. McDonagh, H. McNamara, M. Seely, H. Lozano, P. Asuri, M. Parker, C. Stephens. "Development of CERVIS: Cervical cancer Early Response Visual Identification System," 2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2019, pp. 1-4.
  
  
• Bebla A, Diwan M, Smith E, Parker MT, Kenyon K, Pagnani S, Pasco K, Sotelo-Jimenez S, Smith B, Figueira S. HedhiHelp - A Health Education App for Girls in Rural Kenya. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2018, pp. 1-6.
  
  
• Cruden K, Sparagana S, Parker, MT, Alt M, Fournier J, Krenek M, Paton W, Asuri P. Frugal Skin Graft Expansion Device: An affordable, modular, and autoclavable skin meshing device for the developing world. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2018, pp. 1-6.
  
  
• Mac K, Tromburg TM, Parker MT, Morrison N, O’Connor S, Weber C, Kim U. Screening donated breast milk in the developing world: Market evaluation and needs identification for rapid and sustainable methods of screening donated milk at human milk banks. IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 2017.
  
  
• Krop I, Parker MT*, Bloushtain-Qimron N, Porter D, Gelman R, Sasaki H, Maurer M, Terry MB, Parsons R, Polyak K. HIN-1, an inhibitor of cell growth, invasion, and Akt activation. Cancer Research 65(21):9659-69, 2005.
  
  
• Krop I, Player A, Tablante A, Taylor-Parker M, Lahti-Domenici J, Fukuoka J, Batra SK, Papadopoulos N, Richards WG, Sugarbaker DJ, Wright RL, Shim J, Stamey TA, Sellers WR, Loda M, Meyerson M, Hruban R, Jen J, Polyak K. Frequent HIN-1 Promoter Methylation and Lack of Expression in Multiple Human Tumor Types. Mol Cancer Res 2(9):489-94, 2004.
  
  
• Book Chapter: JD Martinez, M Taylor Parker, KE Fultz, NA Ignatenko, and EW Gerner. Molecular Biology of Cancer, Chapter 1, Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Sixth Edition, Volume 5: Chemotherapeutic Agents, 2003.
  
  
• MT Parker, EW Gerner. Polyamine-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of COX-2. Biochimie (84):815-819, 2002.
  
  
• A Baines, MT Parker, C Renaud, EW Gerner and M Nelson. Selenomethionine inhibits growth and modulates COX-2 protein expression in human colon cancer cell lines. Cancer Biology and Therapy 1(4):370-4, 2002.