UNMC Names Dr. Vimla Band to Head Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Abstract

A leading breast cancer researcher and a member of the Cancer Biology and Therapy editorial board, Vimla Band, Ph.D., has been named chairwoman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy. Dr. Band joined UNMC in 2007 as professor in genetics, cell biology and anatomy and as vice chairwoman for research. She and her husband, Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., were recruited to UNMC from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Dr. Hamid Band is a professor in the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and associate director for translational research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. Prior to working at Northwestern, Dr. Vimla Band served on the faculty of Tufts University Medical School in Boston. Dr. Band, who was named a UNMC Distinguished Scientist in 2008, has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and reviews. She has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Program, American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen Foundation. She is currently a member of the NIH’s Cancer Molecular Pathobiology Study Section. She serves as a reviewer for a number of scientific journals and is on the editorial boards for Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Research, Cancer Biology and Therapy, Breast Cancer (Basic and Clinical Research) and BMC Cancer. Her laboratory primarily studies the biology of normal and cancerous breast epithelial cells and is considered one of the top labs in the world in this area. A native of India, Dr. Band has received two patents and has been continuously funded by the NIH and the Department of Defense since 1991. She is currently a principal investigator or co-P.I. on four NIH grants and a DOD grant.