Professor Eileen White
Meet Eileen, Co-Team Lead of CANCAN
Professor Eileen White is a cancer biologist known for her work establishing that a DNA tumor virus oncogene functions by inhibiting programmed cell death by apoptosis and is a homologue of the human BCL-2 oncogene.
She is also known for establishing that tumor cells induce intracellular nutrient scavenging by autophagy, which promotes their metabolism, growth, survival, and malignancy. These findings informed the means to target the apoptosis and autophagy pathways for cancer therapy.
Eileen’s has held leadership roles at the Rutgers Cancer Institute since its inception and the Ludwig Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Amongst Eileen’s honors are membership in the US of the National Academy of Sciences, and she is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Association for Cancer Research Academy.