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PhD with expertise in cancer immunology and immunotherapy, scientific communication, and STEM education

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PhD-trained researcher with expertise in tumor T cell biology, stroma-immune cell interactions, and mechanisms of the anti-tumor immune response. Passionate about solving translational research questions, advancing scientific discovery, and improving patient care. Proven leadership expertise, dedication to community building & development, and experience in science technology and communication. Action-oriented advocate for diversity & inclusion.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Basic Immunology
• ☆ Adjuvant & Antigen Research
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Cell Banking
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Oncology
• ☆ Chemotherapy
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Hematology
• ☆ Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• ☆ Immunotherapy
• ☆ Rural Health
• ☆ Internal Medicine
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Medical Equipment & Supplies
• ☆ Product Validation
• ☆ Concept Development
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Skills Training

Services

• Writing
• Consulting

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

PhD Researcher and NRSA Fellow (MD/PhD Student)

Emory University

July 2015 - May 2024

Researcher/Technician

University of Virginia

August 2012 - May 2015

Summer Scholar (Sump Scholar)

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, NC

June 2013 - August 2013

Laboratory Assistant

University of Georgia

January 2011 - August 2012

Education

Medical Degree (MD)

Emory University

July 2015 - Present

MD/PhD Candidate (Medical Scientist Training Program)

Emory University

July 2015 - Present

PhD

Emory University

January 2017 - May 2022

Bachelors of Science (Biology)

University of Virginia

August 2011 - May 2015

Certifications

• Human Subjects Research & Responsible Conduct of Research

  CITI

  February 2017 - Present

• Basic Life Support

  American Heart Association

  March 2022 - March 2024

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Joshua D Preston, Caroline S Jansen, Siddhartha Kosaraju, Tim Niyogusaba, Tony Z Zhuang, Sally W Iwamoto, Spencer K Hutto, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Pamela B Allen (2023). Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with CNS involvement: a case series and review of the literature . CNS Oncology.

Caroline S. Jansen, Ayaka Sugiura, Lauren Stalbow, Christie Nguyen, Jacelyn Peabody Lever, Amy Peiper, Amara Plaza-Jennings, Linda Varvel, Megan A. Williams, Ali Zarrinpar, et al. (2023). Physician–scientist trainees with parenting responsibilities need financial and childcare support . Nature Medicine.

Nataliya Prokhnevska, Maria A. Cardenas, Rajesh M. Valanparambil, Ewelina Sobierajska, Benjamin G. Barwick, Caroline Jansen, Adriana Reyes Moon, Petra Gregorova, Luke delBalzo, Rachel Greenwald, et al. (2023). CD8+ T cell activation in cancer comprises an initial activation phase in lymph nodes followed by effector differentiation within the tumor . Immunity.

Jennifer Wilkinson Carlisle, Caroline S Jansen, Maria Andrea Cardenas, Ewelina Sobierajska, Adriana Moon Reyes, Rachel Greenwald, Luke Del Balzo, Nataliya Prokhnevska, Omer Kucuk, Bradley C Carthon, et al. (2022). Clinical outcome following checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma is associated with a burst of activated CD8 T cells in blood . Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al.(2021). A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes . Clinical Cancer Research. 27. (17). p. 4836--4847. American Association for Cancer Research ({AACR})

Jansen, Caroline S. and del Balzo, Luke and Prabhu, Roshan and Logan, Suzanna and Chappa, Prasanthi and Patel, Kirtesh and Wilkinson, Scott and Lake, Ross and Shu, Hui-Kuo G. and Zhong, Jim and Dhere, Vishal and Olson, Jeffrey and Sowalsky, Adam G. and Khan, Mohammad K. and Kissick, Haydn T. and Buchwald, Zachary S.(2021). Abstract PO-041: An immunologic niche of antigen presenting cells and stem-like CD8+ T-cells is present in non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases . Clinical Cancer Research. 27. (8 Supplement). p. PO-041--PO-041. American Association for Cancer Research

Caroline S. Jansen(2020). Pandemic Pause: Lessons in Unscrambling My Daily Life . Academic Medicine. 95. (12). p. 1899--1899. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Carlisle JW, Jansen CS, Bilen MA, Kissick H(2020). Considerations for cancer immunotherapy biomarker research during COVID-19 . Endocrine-related cancer.

(2020). The immunosuppressive phenotype of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils is associated with obesity in kidney cancer patients . OncoImmunology.

(2020). Neoadjuvant Cabozantinib in an Unresectable Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Patient Leads to Downsizing of Tumor Enabling Surgical Resection: A Case Report . Frontiers in oncology.

Camilla Margaroli, Maria A. Cardenas, Caroline S. Jansen, Adriana Moon Reyes, Fares Hosseinzadeh, Gordon Hong, Yilin Zhang, Haydn Kissick, Rabindra Tirouvanziam, Viraj A. Master(2020). The immunosuppressive phenotype of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils is associated with obesity in kidney cancer patients . OncoImmunology. 9. (1). Informa {UK} Limited

Cardenas, Maria A and Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Jansen, Caroline S and Master, Viraj A and Kissick, Haydn(2020). CD4 T cell phenotypes differentially modulate the CD8 T cell response in kidney cancer . The Journal of Immunology. 204. (1 Supplement). p. 165.1--165.1. American Association of Immunologists

Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Cardenas, Maria and Jansen, Caroline and Valanparambil, Rajesh and Master, Viraj and Sanda, Martin and Kissick, Haydn(2020). Tumor-specific CD8 T cell activation in draining lymph nodes supports the anti-tumor CD8 T cell response . The Journal of Immunology. 204. (1 Supplement). p. 165.5--165.5. American Association of Immunologists

(2019). An intra-tumoral niche maintains and differentiates stem-like CD8 T cells . Nature.

Jansen, Caroline S. and Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Master, Viraj A. and Carlisle, Jennifer W. and Bilen, Mehmet A. and Reyes, Adriana M. and Kissick, Haydn T.(2019). Abstract 2700: CD8 T-cell infiltration into renal tumors requires a supportive antigen-presenting niche . Cancer Research. 79. (13 Supplement). p. 2700--2700. American Association for Cancer Research

(2018). The requirement for immune infiltration and organization in the tumor microenvironment for successful immunotherapy in prostate cancer . Urologic oncology.

Khan, Amir Ishaq and Jansen, Caroline Stewart and Wilkinson Carlisle, Jennifer and Melnick, Kevin Richard and Kim, Kyu Seo and Hosseinzadeh, Fares and Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Bilen, Mehmet Asim and Master, Viraj A. and Kissick, Haydn T.(2018). Immunologic profile and prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in renal cell carcinoma . Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36. (6\_suppl). p. 673-673.

Gilchrist, Carol A. and Petri, Sarah E. and Schneider, Brittany N. and Reichman, Daniel J. and Jiang, Nona and Begum, Sharmin and Watanabe, Koji and Jansen, Caroline S. and Elliott, K. Pamela and Burgess, Stacey L. and Ma, Jennie Z. and Alam, Masud and Kabir, Mamun and Haque, Rashidul and Petri, Jr ,William A.(2016). Role of the Gut Microbiota of Children in Diarrhea Due to the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica . The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 213. (10). p. 1579-1585.

Caroline E. Stewart and William A. Petri(2014). Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development by Peter J. Hotez . The Quarterly Review of Biology. 89. (4). p. 407-408.

PREPRINT

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Supplementary Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Supplementary Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Supplementary Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Carla Calagua, Miriam Ficial, Caroline S. Jansen, Taghreed Hirz, Luke del Balzo, Scott Wilkinson, Ross Lake, Anson T. Ku, Olga Voznesensky, David B. Sykes, et al. (2023). Supplementary Data from A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes .

Caroline S. Jansen, Roshan S. Prabhu, Meghana S. Pagadala, Prasanthi Chappa, Subir Goyal, Chengjing Zhou, Stewart G. Neill, Nataliya Prokhnevska, Maria Cardenas, Kimberley B. Hoang, et al. (2023). Immune niches in brain metastases contain TCF1+ stem-like T cells, are associated with disease control and are modulated by preoperative SRS .

CONFERENCE PAPER

Jansen, Caroline and Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Master, Viraj and Carlisle, Jennifer and Bilen, Mehmet and Cardenas, Maria and Wilkinson, Scott and Lake, Ross and Sowalsky, Adam and Osunkoya, Adeboye and others(2019). CD8 T-cell infiltration into renal tumors requires a supportive antigen presenting niche and is independent of PD-L1 status. JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER. 7.

Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Valanparambil, Rajesh and Jansen, Caroline and Master, Viraj and Sanda, Martin and Kissick, Haydn(2019). How tumor-specific CD8 T cell activation in draining lymph nodes supports the anti-tumor CD8 T cell response. JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER. 7.

Carlisle, Jennifer and Jansen, Caroline and Reyes, Adriana and Prokhnevska, Nataliya and Baumgarten, Deborah and Master, Viraj and Harvey, R Donald and Carthon, Bradley and Kucuk, Omer and Bilen, Mehmet and others(2019). Correlation of circulating CD8 T cell activation with response to immunotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma. JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER. 7.