Haley Peters, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana

Omaha, Ne

Houston, Texas Area

Cancer Immunopeptidome Components as Targets for Immunotherapy. - Initiated novel approach to analyze cancer targets based on experimental and computational data resulting in the discovery of endogenous, immunogenic antigens on Lung Cancer cells induced by tumor microenvironment components; upregulated mutant peptides in the immunopeptidome; and mechanism of enhanced antigen presentation potentiated by pro-inflammatory cytokines, leading to the discover of intratumoral T cells against endogneous, immunogenic antigens in lung cancer patients - Recognized for composition and delivery of concise and comprehendible 90 second speech of research including relevance and methodology for a general audience Elevator Speech Finalist, Trainee Research Day, May 2016- Demonstrated Lung Cancer cell susceptibility to leukemia-associated antigen, PR1-based immunotherapy resulting in manuscript submitted to the American Association for Cancer’s foremost immunology journal - Built relationships and open dialogue with other laboratories producing 2 coauthored publications, with additional under review or in preparation.- Designed workflows to identify antigens overexpressed on Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients derived from genes with direct impact on patient overall survival resulting in immunological assessment of Hematological patients from a bank consisting of over 1500 samples from over 20 years - Direct management of trainees; supervision of additional employees - Consulted for project design, established interpretation methodologies, performed analysis and disseminated findings for several tumor types including Multiple Myeloma, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Lung cancer, Pancreatic cancer and Breast cancer

Houston, Texas Area

- Lead association representing over 600 postdoctoral fellows from around the world - Implemented annual goals, developed agendas, orchestrated multiple collaborative projects across disciplines, provided direction and delegated to 9 subcommittees and publicized benefits & training opportunities - Lead annual strategic planning, initiated and designed committee restructure improving efficiency by grouping 9 subcommittees into 3 teams - Recruited and retained postdoctoral scholars as members. Independently conducted and interpreted surveys to team members; initiated, assisted in development and interpretation of surveys to gauge interest and identify needs of 600+ fellows

Characteristics of Amyloid Precursor-Like Protein 2 (APLP2) in Pancreatic Cancer and Ewing’s Sarcoma- Selected as Student Leader/Host for internal, national and international conferences - Conveyed complex, expertise-specific language to the public as lay presentations and testimonies to the NE State Appropriations Committee and the University of NE Board of Regents - Recipient of competitive funding awards throughout: Assistantship/fellowship & Regents Tuition Fellowship, Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Fellowship Program, and the Biomedical Research Training Program - Recognized as an outstanding Cancer Research Graduate Student, Second place recipient for the Shawn Jessen Memorial Cancer Research Award, UNMC, July 2011

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cancer Research

Activities and Societies: Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics (SBMB) Program Fellow (2 years) UNMC Regents Tuition Fellowship.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Nebraska’s Institutional Development Awards Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NE-INBRE) Scholarship.

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