Paula Bos, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 828-7570
Email: Paula.Bos@vcuhealth.org
Associate Professor
Massey Cancer Biology Program Co-Leader
Associate Director for Basic Science, Global Oncology Program, Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Paula D. Bos, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology Program Co-Leader at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCC), where she also serves as Assistant Director for Basic Science for the Global Oncology Program. She holds a Ms. in Genetics from the National University of Misiones, Argentina where she performed molecular epidemiological studies of human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer in guarani Indian and white women from the region. She obtained her PhD from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she delineated tissue-specific metastasis biology under the guidance of Dr Joan Massague. She did postdoctoral training in cancer immunology in Dr Sasha Rudensky’s lab at Sloan-Kettering Institute. Her research group investigates tumor microenvironmental (TME) interactions that drive breast cancer progression and tissue-specific metastasis, in particular the brain. Her work utilizes genetic models to delineate tissue-specific function of regulatory T cells and other stromal cells, in primary and secondary organ tumor microenvironments with the long-term goal of providing novel TME targets for therapeutic intervention. She currently serves in the Board of the Metastasis Research Society, the AACR (American Association of Cancer Research) Tumor Microenvironment Steering Committee, and is a permanent member of the Tumor Immune Regulation study section at the NIH, and the Metastasis and Microenvironment Study Section at the American Cancer Society.
Research Interests: Tumor Microenvironment, Tissue Tropism, Regulatory T cells, Metastatic Dissemination, Breast Cancer.
Dr. Bos Research Lab
Dr. Bos identifies an immune cell in breast cancer growth that could treat the disease
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Education
2000 Licenciada in Genetics, National University of Misiones, Argentina
2009 PhD, Weill Cornell Graduate School, Cornell University
2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sloan Kettering Institute
Selected Awards & Honors
2024 AACI Distinguished Scientist Award (2024)
2022 MERIT Award, R37CA269249), NIH/NCI
2021 American Cancer Society Scholar
2019 V Foundation Scholar
2018 Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Award
Recent Grants & Funding
Active
• 2022-2029 NIH/NCI (1 R37 CA269249-01) Role: PI
• 2022-2025 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant (RSG-21-100-01-IBCD) Role: PI
• 2022-2026 Susan G. Komen Foundation (ASP241266272) Role: PI
Former Grants
• 2018-2022 V Scholar - V Foundation (FP00008402) Role: PI
• 2018-2022 Susan G Komen Foundation (CCR18548205) Role: PI
• 2017-2019 METAvivor, Inc (551881) Role: PI
Professional Service (outside)
2024-2028 Metastasis Research Society Board Member
2023-present Trials of Color Advisory Board Member
2022-2025 Tumor Microenvironment Working Group Steering Committee, AACR
2023-2029 NIH Therapeutic Immune Regulation (TIR) Study Section, Standing Member
2022-2025 American Cancer Society, Metastasis and Microenvironment Peer Review Committee Standing Member
Professional Service (VCU)
2024-present Biostatistics Shared Resource Advisory Committee
2023-present Proteomics Shared Resource Oversight Committee
2023-present Massey Comprehensive Cancer Global Oncology Program
2022-2023 Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Faculty Search Committee Co-chair
2022-present DEI Guidance Committee, Massey Cancer Center
2022-present Cancer Biology Program Co-Leader, Massey Cancer Center
2021-2024 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants Review Committee
2021-present Molecules to Medicine (M2M) Study Section
2021-present Massey Cancer Center IVIS Management
2020-2021 Seminar and Symposium Committee Co-Chair, Massey Cancer Center
2020-present MD-PhD Steering Committee Member
2020-present VCU VETAR Grant proposals Study Section Member
2019-2022 VCU Internal Selection Committee for Pew Biomedical Scholars award
2019 Flow Cytometry Core Facility Core Director Search Committee Member
2019-2021 Pathology Department Faculty Search Committee Member
2019 Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Search Committee Member: Bacterial Pathogenesis Position
2019-present Pathology Department Science Club Founder and Coordinator
2019-2021 Pathology Department Faculty Search Committee Member
2018-present VCU Presidential Research Quest Fund – Ad Hoc Reviewer
2017-present VCU PostDoc Small Grant Program – Ad Hoc Reviewer
2018-2019 Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Search Committee Member: Microbiology Position; Massey Cancer Center Tumor Immunology Position
2018-present Flow Cytometry Core Facility Oversight Committee
2017-2018 Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Search Committee Member: Immunology Position
2017-present Massey Cancer Center Pilot Reviewer
2017-2018 Massey Cancer Center Immuno-Oncology Tour Co-Leader
2017-2019 Pathology Department Research in Progress Coordinator
Recent Invited Presentations
2024 AACI Distinguished Scientist Award Keynote, Chicago, October
2024 The University of Kansas Medical Center, Biochemistry & Cancer Biology Department, Sept 6th
2023 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Pathology Grand Rounds, Nov 20th
2023 Drexel University College of Medicine Seminar series, Graduate student special invitation, October 26th
2023 Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nov 6th
2023 IV Cancer Symposium, Group of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries, Varadero, Cuba, September 18th
2023 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, March 27th
2023 University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series, IL, January 13-14th
2022 Metastasis Research Society Biennial Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 13-16th
2022 Basque Country University, School of Medicine and Nursing, Bilbao, Spain, July 11th
Selected Publications
Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography:
Citations: 14838 (as of 08/2024)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/12_rgqaCBxX/bibliography/public/
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