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Cynthia Sears

Professor of Medicine · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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History

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Present

Infectious Disease
1980–1982
Internal Medicine
1977–1980
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
1973–1977

Research

A human colonic commensal promotes colon tumorigenesis via activation of T helper type 17 T cell responses
Nature Medicine · 2009 · Last of 13 authors · 1,389 citations
Tumor Microbiome Diversity and Composition Influence Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes
Cell · 2019 · 1,281 citations
The vigorous immune microenvironment of microsatellite instable colon cancer is balanced by multiple counter-inhibitory checkpoints
Cancer Discovery · 2015 · 1,257 citations

Paul Sax
16 papers
Roger Bedimo
16 papers
Ravi Jhaveri
15 papers
Barbara Resnick
13 papers
Cesar Arias
13 papers
David Calfee
13 papers
Gonzalo Bearman
13 papers
Graeme Forrest
13 papers
Romney Humphries
13 papers
Elizabeth Wick
12 papers · 1 as a fellow
JQ
Jessica Queen
12 papers · 2 as a fellow
Richard Guerrant
12 papers

Grants

Pathogenesis of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer: Microbiome Contributions and Mechanisms
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Johns Hopkins University
2021–2027
Biofilm Epidemiology and Mechanisms in Colon Cancer
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $4.3M · Johns Hopkins University
2016–2023
GPR35: Role in Colonic Inflammation and Oncogenesis
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · Johns Hopkins University
2013–2018
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides Fragilis: A Bacterial Promoter of Colon Oncogenesis
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · Johns Hopkins University
2010–2015