Kristi L Neufeld

My long-range goal is to reveal the underlying mechanisms for growth control of normal intestinal tissue, explaining how disruption of this normal state leads to inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. To accomplish this goal, my laboratory uses molecular, genetic, and biochemistry techniques to analyze purified proteins, cultured cells, and mouse models.

A Kansas native, I graduated from Bethel College (N. Newton, KS) with a B.S. in chemistry and a B.A. in biology. I obtained a PhD in cellular, viral, and molecular biology from the University of Utah in 2003 with the last two years of my thesis research performed at the University of California, Irvine. My PhD work, under the mentorship of Dr. Ellie Ehrenfeld, was focused on poliovirus replication. I then returned to the University of Utah for postdoctoral work in human genetics in the laboratory of Raymond White and was subsequently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

I am currently a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and serve as co-leader of the Cancer Biology Research Program at the NCI-designated University of Kansas Comprehensive Cancer Center.