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Educational Background

Meharry Medical College, Pierre Massion, Vanderbilt University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mentors

Me with some of my mentors:

Top picture: Me with Pierre Massion, M.D. - (RIP)

Bottom picture: Me with Dr. Renie Daniel and Dr. Mark Hyman

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Pediatric Dentistry Certificate, Chief Resident 

St. Joseph Univ. Medical Center

Paterson, NJ

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General Practice Residency Certificate

Univ. of Tennessee Medical Center - Knoxville 

Knoxville, TN

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Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

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Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry/Cancer Biology (Ph.D.) – Under Dr. Pierre Massion

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

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Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (B.S.)

Vanderbilt University  

Nashville, TN

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Research Publications

2015 -  Hassanein M, Qian J, Hoeksema MD, Wang J, Jacobovitz, M, Ji X, Harris FT, Harris BK, Boyd KL, Chen H, Eisenberg R, Massion PP. Targeting SLC1A5-Mediated Glutamine Dependence in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Cancer (Int. J. Cancer)

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2015  - Qian J, Hassanein M, Hoeksema MD, Harris BK, Zou Y, Chen H, Lu P, Eisenberg R, Wang J, Espinosa AV, Jia, X, Harris FT, Rahman Jamshedur SM, Massion PP. The RNA Binding Protein FXR1 is a New Driver in the 3q26-29 Amplicon and Predicts

Poor Prognosis in Human Cancers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.).

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2014 - Harris FT, Rahman Jamshedur SM, Hassanein M, Qian J, Hoeksema MD, Chen H, Eisenberg R, Chaurand P, Caprioli R, Shiota M, Massion PP. ACBP Mediates Beta Oxidation Required for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Growth and Survival. Cancer Prevention Research (Cancer Prev. Res.).

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2012 - Ocak S, Pedchenko TV, Chen H, Qian J, Polosukhin V, Harris FT, Pilette C, Sibille Y, Gonzalez AL, Massion PP. Loss of Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor Expression Promotes Lung Tumorigenesis.  European Respiratory Journal (Eur.

Respir. J.)

© 2025 by Fredrick Harris

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