Jacob Veenstra accepted a Post Doc fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh

by Dr. Jeremy Johnson | Posted on

Congratulations to Jacob Veenstra for completing his PHD and starting a new position at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Jacob will be joining the lab of Dr. Katherine Aird at the NCI-Designated UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 

The Aird lab is focused on the following areas of research

  1. Metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming during senescence and tumorigenesis
  2. Exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities for ovarian cancer therapy
  3. Nucleotide metabolism in disease

You can read about more about Dr. Aird’s research and her lab here.

About the author

Dr. Johnson received his PharmD and PhD at the University of Wisconsin where he also completed a clinical research fellowship evaluating phytochemicals and botanical extracts. He is an associate professor and licensed pharmacist he offers a unique perspective on the most current scientific literature related to the health and nutrition. His research program is active and has led to more than 50 publications and published abstracts related to the health promoting properties of natural products, phytochemicals and plant extracts. He has presented some of his research findings at international scientific meetings in the US, Italy, Austria, Israel, France, China, Philippines and Turkey.

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