Biography
- Division:
- Division of Basic and Integrative Biological Sciences – DBIB
- Review Branch:
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics – MGG
- Study Section:
- Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology – GCAT
Dr. Methode Bacanamwo received his Master of Science degree from Clemson University and his doctoral degree in biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following post-doctoral trainings at the Universities of Arkansas and Missouri, he joined the faculty at the Morehouse School of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology. His NIH-funded research focused on stem cell and cardiovascular epigenetics, especially epigenetic mechanisms mediating drug-resistant hypertension and vascular cell specification. He served on several NIH study sections and SEPs as an ad-hoc reviewer and was a standing member of the Therapeutic Approach to Genetic diseases study section in CSR. He was also a standing member of several review panels for national and international agencies. Before joining CSR, Dr. Bacanamwo was an associate professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine.