David Housman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Biology
Active 1978–2008
About
David Housman is a professor at MIT's Department of Biology and a Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Scholar for Cancer Research, as well as an Intramural Faculty member at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. His research focuses on studying the biological underpinnings of diseases such as Huntington’s disease, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. He employs genetic approaches to identify the molecular basis of human disease pathology and develops strategies to combat major disease areas including cancer, trinucleotide repeat disorders like Huntington’s disease, and cardiovascular disease. Housman has made significant contributions to understanding the molecular mechanisms of these diseases, contributing to the broader field of biomedical research.
Research topics
- Biology
- Genetics
- Molecular biology
- Computational biology
- Cancer research
Recent grants
NIH · $1.8M · 1996
NIH · $1.4M · 1993
NIH · $5.1M · 1990
NIH · $5.6M · 2003
Characterization of Pathways Controlling Cancer at the Level of Gene Regulation
NIH · $54.6M · 1997–2023
Frequent coauthors
- 43 shared
Vincent P. Stanton
- 38 shared
Hiroyuki Aburatani
- 25 shared
Y K Wang
University of Rochester
- 25 shared
David C. Schwartz
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 11 shared
E N Geissler
University Hospital Regensburg
- 9 shared
Blanche P. Alter
Cancer Genetics (United States)
- 9 shared
Madhvi Bhatt
Yale University
- 9 shared
Thomas Gläser
Labs
MIT Department of BiologyPI
Awards & honors
- Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Scholar for Cancer Research
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