Danh D. Truong

Biomedical Engineering PhD

I am a post-doc at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. I study mesenchymal tissue differentiation as a model for understanding the plasticity of soft tissue sarcomas and osteosarcoma. My favorite book series is the The Expanse but I also love The Lord of the Rings and The Legend of Drizzt series.

Employment

2019- MD Anderson Post Doctoral Fellow (Sarcoma Medical Oncology)

2014-2018 Arizona State University Graduate Research Associate (School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering)

Education

2014-18 Arizona State University Biomedical Engineering PhD (advisor: Mehdi Nikkhah). My thesis was titled Microfluidic Models of Tumor-Stroma Interactions to Study the Interplay of Cancer Cells with their Surrounding Microenvironment and is available through the ASU Library | Digital Repository.

2012-14 University of Texas at Arlington & Univesity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center MSc Biomedical Engineering

2009-14 University of Texas at Arlington BSc Biology

Awards and Honors

2021 Daniel Benedict Gazan Award in Sarcoma Research MD Anderson Cancer Center

2018 Graduate Student Speaker Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Convocation

2018 Completion Fellowship ASU Graduate College

2018 Graduate College Fellowship ASU Graduate College

2017-2019 ARCS Burton Scholar Phoenix Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation

2016-2018 IFER Graduate Fellowship International Foundation for Ethical Research

2014-2018 Dean’s Fellow ASU Dean’s Fellowship

Contact me

dtruong4@mdanderson.org




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Selected Publications

. A human organotypic microfluidic tumor model permits investigation of the interplay between patient-derived fibroblasts and breast cancer cells. In Cancer Research, 2019.
. A three-dimensional (3D) organotypic microfluidic model for glioma stem cells–Vascular interactions. In Biomaterials, 2019.
. Microfluidic tumor–vascular model to study breast cancer cell invasion and intravasation. In Advanced healthcare materials, 2018.
. Advanced biomaterials and microengineering technologies to recapitulate the stepwise process of cancer metastasis. In Biomaterials, 2017.
. A Breast cancer cell invasion into a three dimensional tumor-stroma microenvironment. In Scientific Reports, 2016.

Current Projects

Protocols

Teaching

Lecturer MD Anderson Postdoctoral Association
Teaching Subcommittee 2021
Lecturer Biochemistry of Cancer (Guest Lecturer) 2018
Principles of Stem Cell Technology (Lab) 2017
The ASU Experience (Guest Lecturer) 2017
Biomedical Microdevices (Lab) 2016-2017
Teaching assistant Biochemistry of Cancer 2018
Principles of Stem Cell Technology 2017
Biomedical Product Design 2016-2017

Other Activities

11th Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium The Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium provides a platform for postdoctoral fellows in the Texas Medical Center to present their current research in the areas of basic and translational research and features presentations and hosts interactive sessions facilitated by experts in a variety of fields.
Project SHORT Comprised of volunteer professional health and graduate students, residents, faculty, and post-docs, Project SHORT (Students for Higher-Ed Opportunities and Representation in Training) is the first organization to offer pro-bono mentoring for both professional health and graduate school admissions.
2021 Annual Postdoctoral Career Symposium The Annual Postdoctoral Career Symposium (APCS) is designed and run by postdocs to help postdocs and those finishing grad school to seek out the career options that appeal to them most, and in some cases open up doors that we might not have known existed.

CV

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