Experimental Immunology Branch
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America
Dr. Dinah Singer has served as the Director of the Division of Cancer Biology (DCB), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), since 1999, while simultaneously serving as Senior Investigator and Chief of the Molecular Regulation Section of the Experimental Immunology Branch, NCI. After receiving her B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. from Columbia University, Dr. Singer was a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Biochemistry, NCI, and a senior investigator in the Immunology Branch, NCI. She serves on a number of scientific and advisory boards, is a member of the American Association of Immunologists and the American Association of Cancer Researchers, and has served as a Senior Science Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her research interests are in the areas of regulation of transcription, gene expression and molecular immunology. Dr. Singer serves in leadership positions on a variety of trans-NIH scientific and administrative committees, including NIH Common Fund initiatives. She has trained a large number of post-doctoral fellows, post-baccalaureate students and high school students who have gone on to successful scientific careers.
Chromosome Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry