University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Diana Cittelly PhD

Associate Professor - Brain Metastasis Research

Pathology (SOM)

Email Address:diana.cittelly@cuanschutz.edu

Primary Phone:303-724-8343

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Bio
Research, Publications, Projects

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Education:

-BS, Biology, Universidad de Columbia (1998)

-MS, Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2001)

-PhD, Cell Biology, University of Texes Medical Branch (2007

Postdoctoral Education:
-University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Awards

Honors and special recognition (selected):

-2014 - Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2014-2015 Fellows program

-2019- Invited faculty expert to Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA Nov 13-16^th

-2018- Recipient of R37 MERIT Award NCI

-2022- Recipient of DoD BCRP Level II breakthrough Award

Research

Research Activities:

- Deciphering the mechanisms underlying increased risk of brain metastases in young women.

-Elucidating the tumor intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms underlying brain colonization by anti-estrogen resistant ER+ breast cancer.

-Elucidating the function of IL13RA2 in promoting proliferation of brain metastasis and applying novel IL13RA2 CAR-T therapies to decrease advanced breast metastatic cancer.

-Defining mechanisms of radiation-induced toxicity during treatment of brain metastasis.

-Developing novel patient-derived xenograft models from breast cancer brain metastases.

Pathology (SOM)

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