2024

April

February

  • We were awarded funding for our CPRIT proposal to study DSRCT.

2023

November

  • I presented two posters at CTOS this year, Multi-Omic Analysis of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors Reveal Distinct Lineages and Understanding the Molecular Drivers That Regulate Ewing Sarcoma Cell Fate.
  • I was awarded the best poster for the catergory of Sarcoma of the Year: Small Round Blue Cell Tumor.

July

June

May

April

  • I presented our work, The Epigenetic Impact and Therapeutic Opportunity of AR-Directed Therapy for DSRCT, at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting
  • I presented our work, Defining Differentiation States in Well-Differentiated and De-Differentiated Liposarcoma, at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting
  • We were awarded funding for our CDMRP proposal from the DOD to study DSRCT.
  • Our work in DSRCT was highlighted in MD Anderson Research Highlights.

March

  • I presented our work, The Epigenetic Impact and Therapeutic Opportunity of AR-Directed Therapy for DSRCT, at the AACR Special Conference: Advances in Prostate Cancer Research
  • I presented our works, The Epigenetic Impact and Therapeutic Opportunity of AR-Directed Therapy for DSRCT and Understanding Ewing Sarcoma Cell Fate, at Trainee Research Day at MD Anderson.
  • I went to AACR Early-career Hill Day in Washington D.C. to advocate for funding for cancer research and biomedical science through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

February

  • I presented our work, Understanding Ewing Sarcoma Cell Fate, at the Experimental Therapuetics Postdoctoral Seminar.
  • I was awarded the Scholar-in-Training Award to travel to the AACR Annual Meeting 2023.

2022

November

  • I presented our work, The Epigenetic Impact and Therapeutic Opportunity of AR-Directed Therapy for DSRCT, at Connective Tissue Oncology Society Meeting 2022.
  • I presented our work, Defining Differentiation States in Well-Differentiated and De-Differentiated Liposarcoma, at Connective Tissue Oncology Society Meeting 2022.
  • We received funding for a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Research Grant award to MD Anderson Cancer Center to support our research project, “Ewing sarcoma gene dependencies that regalute cell fate / differentiation.

October

August

July

  • I presented our work, The Androgen Receptor is a Therapeutic Target in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, for the Experiemental Therapeutics Postdoc Seminar.
  • I helped teach summer students how to design an abstract poster for research.
  • I was a judge for Graduate Student Research Day and I helped pick the best poster.
  • I was elected the Team Leader of Events and Outreach for the Postdoctoral Association Executive Committee.

June

April

March

February

January

2021

October

  • Participated in a Project SHORT workshop to help guide students applying for a PhD program

June

May

  • Concluded the 3-day 10th Annual Postdoc Career Symposium with over 400 attendees and initiated plans to build a platform for postdocs in the Texas Medical Center to network
  • Awarded the Daniel Benedict Gazan Award in Sarcoma Research
  • Launched the 10th Annual Postdoc Career Symposium
  • Presented DNA Day to high school and middle school students at HISD to learn about DNA and biomedical careers

April

  • Received a generious donation for our Liposarcoma research
  • Launched registration for the 10th Annual Postdoc Career Symposium
  • Invited as a panelist for a Town Hall to discuss Racism in science with a special focus on Asian trainees and Asian Americans
  • Our work was invited to present at the 41st Euro Congress on Cancer Science & Therapy (Cancer Science 2021).

2020

August

  • Presented an online oral presentation, “The Mesenchymal Tissue Landscape: A scRNA-seq based Metric of Liposarcoma Differentiation,” Columbia Trainee Symposium for Organoids & Organs-on-a-Chip #OOoC2020
  • Highlighted in NAVS Alumni Spotlight NAVS Alumni Spotlight: IFER Fellowship Recipient Danh Truong

January

  • Highlighted research and achievements in ASU School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering 2019 Annual Report

2019

November

  • Presented a poster, “Elucidating how the tumor microenvironment dysregulates Ewing’s sarcoma cell stemness using a scRNA-seq-based differentiation signature,” at FusOncC2 in Washington, D.C.
  • Presented research updates to the Moeller Foundation

April

January

2018

December

November

October

  • Presented an oral presentation, “Gene-expression Profiling of Patient-Derived Fibroblast and Breast Cancer Interactions in a Three-Dimensional (3D) Organotypic Microfluidic Platform,” at BMES in Atlanta,GA

June

  • Patent application US10017724B2 granted.

May

April

March

Feburary

January

  • Awarded the Graduate College Fellowship
  • Highlighted in ASU School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering 2017 Annual Report

2017

November

October

  • Awarded the International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) Graduate Fellowship
  • Presented an oral presentation, “The Influence Of Patient-Derived Fibroblasts On Breast Cancer Invasion Profile Within A Microfluidic Platform,” at BMES in Phoenix, AZ

September

March

February

  • Awarded as an ARCS Burton Scholar by the Phoenix Chapter of ARCS Foundation

January

  • Highlighted in ASU School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering 2016 Annual Report

2016

December

October

  • Awarded IFER Graduate Fellowship for proposal, “Studying the biochemical and biophysical influences of fibroblasts on cancer invasion in a tumor-stroma on a chip.” Read more here
  • Presented an oral presentation, “Microengineered Tumor- Stroma Platform Investigating the Biochemical Influence of Stromal Fibroblasts on Breast Cancer Invasion,” at BMES in Minneapolis, MN
  • Research highlighted in NAVS article titled, “Meet the Humane Science ‘Class of 2017’”

May

April

  • Presented a poster, “Microengineered Breast Cancer Invasion Platform,” at Molecular, Cellular, & Tissue Bioengineering (MCTB) Symposium in Tempe, AZ
  • Awarded Poster Presentation Award at MCTB, read more here

February

  • Presented an oral presentation, “Three-dimensional (3D) Invasion of Breast Cancer Cells in a Well-Defined Tumor-Stroma Platform,” at NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology Conference (ASME NEMB) in Houston, TX

January

  • Received GPSA Travel Award Grant to travel to Houston, TX for ASME NEMB

2015

October

2014

August

  • Moved to Tempe, Arizona
  • Joined the Nikkhah lab as a Dean’s Fellow

May

  • Graduated from UTA with MS in Biomedical Engineering and BS in Biology