{"id":17,"date":"2020-08-20T02:16:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T02:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.butler.edu\/masamha-lab\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:29:25","slug":"home__trashed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.butler.edu\/masamha-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Masamha Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/02143606\/Masamha-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242 size-thumbnail\" style=\"object-position:47% 64%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/02143606\/Masamha-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/02143606\/Masamha-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/02143606\/Masamha-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chioniso Patience Masamha, Ph.D<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy  and Health Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing member of the National Institutes of Health Biochemical and Cellular Oncogenesis\/BCO (formerly Molecular Oncology\/MONC) study panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021 National MAVEN Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post-doctoral Fellowship (DoD Visionary postdoctoral fellow)&nbsp;University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center . Oklahoma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Biological Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. Honor&#8217;s in Biology, University of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External Research  Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\">1R01GM135361-01 NIGMS\/NIH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\">American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) New Investigator Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\">Indiana Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Defense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cancer Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RNA Biology (3&#8217;end processing) and anti-sense oligonucleotides (siRNAs and morpholinos)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Precision Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Research in the  News<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.butler.edu\/en-us\/job\/494372\/lab-research-assistant\">https:\/\/www.insideindianabusiness.com\/articles\/butler-south-african-researcher-inspires-diverse-students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R01 award in <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.butler.edu\/content\/butler-pharmacy-prof-receives-139m-nih-grant-support-cancer-research\">Butler University<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/butler-pharmacy-professor-receives-1-39m-grant-for-cancer-research\">local news<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AACP award in <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.butler.edu\/content\/butler-researcher-explores-new-approach-ovarian-cancer-treatment\">Butler University<\/a> news and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/indiana\/indianapolis\/news\/1519371602778\/butler-researcher-explores-new-approach-to-ovarian-cancer-treatment\">local news <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science Daily news article on collaborative paper in Nature Genetics in 2018. \u201cNew data changes the way scientists explain how cancer tumors develop.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/05\/180521154245.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/05\/180521154245.h<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Chioniso Patience Masamha, Ph.D Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Standing member of the National Institutes of Health Biochemical and Cellular Oncogenesis\/BCO (formerly Molecular Oncology\/MONC) study panel Member of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) 2021 National MAVEN Senior Research Scientist Training Post-doctoral Fellowship (DoD Visionary postdoctoral fellow)&nbsp;University of Texas Health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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