Faculty
Oncology Division
Christopher A. Maher, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Oncology Division
Stem Cell Biology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
McDonnell Genome Institute
Research Interests
- Computational biology
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
- Cancer
- Long noncoding RNAs
Contact
- 314-286-2856 (office)
- christophermaher@wustl.edu
- Division of Oncology
Campus Box 8069
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Room 740 Southwest Tower (office)
- McDonnell Genome Institute
Room 5133
4444 Forest Park Parkway
St. Louis, MO 63110 (lab) - DBBS Profile
- Lab Website
Biosketch
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 1998-2002 | BS in Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 2000-2004 | MS in Biomedical Engineering, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory & Stony Brook University, NY |
| 2004-2006 | PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory & Stony Brook University, NY |
| Post-graduate Training | |
| 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2007-2009 | Research Fellow, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology and Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Academic Positions & Employment | |
| 2004 | Visiting Scientist, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2009-2011 | Research Investigator, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology (MCTP), Department of Pathology, and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2011-2018 | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2011-present | Assistant Director, The McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) at Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2012-present | Research Member, Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2013-2018 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2018-present | Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| University & Hospital Appointments & Committees | |
| 2011-present | Siteman Cancer Center, Genitourinary Oncology Focus Group Co-leader |
| 2012-present | Siteman Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Research Program Leadership Team |
| 2014-present | American Cancer Society IRG Reviewer |
| 2014-present | Siteman Cancer Center, Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program Steering Committee |
| 2017, 2020 | Siteman Investment Program Cycle I Ad-hoc Reviewer |
| 2018-present | K12 Ad-hoc Reviewer |
| Honors & Awards | |
| 2004 | NSF Plant Genome Program, Biological Sciences travel stipend |
| 2005 | Best Talk 2nd Annual Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Research Symposium |
| 2007 | NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award |
| 2008-2009 | American Association for Cancer Research and Amgen Fellowship in Clinical/Translational Research (1 awarded) |
| 2008-2010 | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Centennial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cancer Research (declined) |
| 2008-2010 | American Cancer Society / Canary Foundation Early Detection Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 of 5 awarded) |
| 2009 | American Association for Cancer Research Aflac, Incorporated Scholar-in-Training Award |
| 2009-2010 | UMCCC Prostate SPORE Pilot Project Awardee |
| 2010 | Genome Technology "Tomorrow's PIs" |
| 2010-2013 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| 2010-2015 | NIH Pathway to Independence Award |
| 2010 | Prostate SPORE Meeting, Best Poster Competition, 2nd Place |
| 2012 | American Lung Association Biomedical Research Grant Awardee |
| 2012-2015 | LUNGevity Foundation Career Development Awardee |
| 2012 | Melissa Lumberg Zagon Founders' Award |
| 2012 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar in Residence |
| 2013-2014 | Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| 2013-2014 | V Foundation V Scholar Award |
| 2014-2017 | Susan G. Komen, Career Catalyst Award |
| 2015-2017 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Global Treatment Science Challenge Awardee |
| 2016-2017 | WUSTL Pancreatic SPORE Development Research Project Award |
| 2016-2018 | Prostate Cancer Foundation / Movember Foundation Challenge Award |
| 2017 | Jon Shevell Young Scientist Travel Scholarship |
| 2017-2021 | American Cancer Society, Research Scholar Grant |
| 2017 | International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Best 2016 Article in the field of 'Bioinformatics and Translational Informatics' |
| 2017 | Lung Cancer Research Foundation Award |
| 2017 | William Rippe Award for Distinguished Research in Lung Cancer |
| Editorial Boards | |
| 2014-present | Molecular Cancer Research |
| 2014-present | Medical Oncology |
| 2016-present | Genes, Chromosomes, and Cancer |
| 2018-present | BMC Genomics |
| 2019-present | Biology Open (Editor) |
| National Scientific Panels | |
| 2009 | AACR 100th Annual Meeting, WICR Careen Mentoring Forum Facilitator |
| 2010 | Experimental Biology, Session chair, Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing |
| 2010 | AACR 101st Annual Meeting, Cellular and Molecular Biology (CB) Subcommittee focusing on Bioinformatics and Computational Molecular Biology |
| 2010-present | Prostate Cancer Foundation Grant Reviewer |
| 2011 | Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO), Ohio University |
| 2011 | Cancer UK, Biomarkers and Imaging Discovery (BIDD) Development Committee, Genomics Initiative, London, UK |
| 2011 | Prostate Cancer UK Reviewer |
| 2011-2012 | DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) CBY-MBG Panel Review |
| 2012-present | LUNGevity Scientific Advisory Board (ex-officio member) |
| 2012-present | RTOG Translation Oncology Scientific Review Committee |
| 2012 | Workshop on Data Mining of Next Generation Sequencing (WDNS) |
| 2013 | Prostate Cancer UK Reviewer |
| 2013 | Longer Life Foundation Reviewer |
| 2013 | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting Methods Workshop Organizer |
| 2014-present | GBC Genomic and Informed Consent Working Group |
| 2015-present | Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Stupski Prize in Precision Oncology Committee |
| 2015 | Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award |
| 2015 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Molecular and Cellular Biology - Genetic Mechanisms (NSF 13-510) |
| 2015 | Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Health Disparities (HDA) Study Section |
| 2016 | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting Education Committee |
| 2016 | Medical Research Council Grant Reviewer |
| 2016 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Genetics Study Section (ad hoc reviewer) |
| 2017 | 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, microRNAs and Other Noncoding RNAs Section of the Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics Subcommittee |
| 2018-present | American Cancer Society, RNA Mechanisms in Cancer Peer Review Committee |
| 2018, 2019 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Molecular Pathobiology (CAMP) Study Section, Ad-hoc Reviewer |
| 2020 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Genetics Study Section, Ad-hoc Reviewer |
| 2020 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Biomarkers (CAMP) Study Section, Ad-hoc Reviewer |
| Professional Societies & Organizations | |
| 2002-2004 | American Society of Plant Biologists |
| 2002, 2004, 2012-present |
International Society for Computational Biology |
| 2008-present | American Association for Cancer Research |
| 2009-2010 | American Society for Investigative Pathology |
| 2009-2010 | Society of Genome Biology and Technology |
| 2010-present | American Association of the Advancement of Science |
| 2016-present | Academy of Science St. Louis |
