Associate professor
Pathology
University of Michigan
France
Dr. Betz received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan (1996) and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pathology from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he studied the molecular genetics of malignant rhabdoid tumor. He completed post-doctoral training at the University of North Carolina in 2002 and at the Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, Cancer Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health from 2003-2007 where he investigated the molecular basis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). He joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology in July 2007 as Assistant Professor and Technical Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory.
Application of emerging technologies to clinical molecular diagnostics; cancer molecular genetics.