Julianna Bronk, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, UT
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2018 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, MD, Doctor of Medicine |
| 2014 | MD Anderson UT Health Graduate School for Biomedical Science, Houston, TX, USA, PHD, Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Science |
| 2008 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, BS, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering |
Postgraduate Training
| 2019-2023 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2018-2019 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2021 | AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
| 2018 | AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
Honors & Awards
| 2022 | ASTRO Annual Meeting Travel Grant Award- Biology section |
| 2022 | Shark Tank Competition Finalist, MD Anderson Brain Tumor Center |
| 2022 | American Radium Society Travel Grant Award |
| 2022 | Caroline Ross Distinguished Fellow Award, MD Anderson Brain Tumor Center |
| 2021 | Dr. Mary Fletcher Memorial Award for Compassionate Patient Care |
| 2021 | Invited Scholar, STARS21 program, U Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital |
| 2017 | Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2014 | Kilson Education Foundation Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2013 | Investing in Student Futures Endowed Scholarship, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2012 | Rosalie B. Hite Endowed Graduate Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2011 | 1st place, Poster Competition, Center for Transport Oncophysics Conference |
| 2010 | Graduate Fellowship, University of Tokyo, Center for Medical System Innovation |
| 2010 | Travel Award, AC Camargo Translational Science Conference, San Paulo, Brazil |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Bronk JK, McAleer MF, McGovern SL, Lassen-Ramshad Y, Safwat A, Daw NC, Rainusso N, Mahajan A, Grosshans DR, Paulino AC. Comprehensive radiotherapy for pediatric Ewing Sarcoma: Outcomes of a prospective proton study. Radiother Oncol 195:110270, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38583721.
- Colbert LE, El Alam MB, Wang R, Karpinets T, Lo D, Lynn EJ, Harris TA, Elnaggar JH, Yoshida-Court K, Tomasic K, Bronk JK, Sammouri J, Yanamandra AV, Olvera AV, Carlin LG, Sims T, Delgado Medrano AY, Napravnik TC, O'Hara M, Lin D, Abana CO, Li HX, Eifel PJ, Jhingran A, Joyner M, Lin L, Ramondetta LM, Futreal AM, Schmeler KM, Mathew G, Dorta-Estremera S, Zhang J, Wu X, Ajami NJ, Wong M, Taniguchi C, Petrosino JF, Sastry KJ, Okhuysen PC, Martinez SA, Tan L, Mahmud I, Lorenzi PL, Wargo JA, Klopp AH. Tumor-resident Lactobacillus iners confer chemoradiation resistance through lactate-induced metabolic rewiring. Cancer Cell 41(11):1945-1962.e11, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37863066.
- Gjyshi O, Grippin A, Andring L, Jhingran A, Lin LL, Bronk J, Eifel PJ, Joyner MM, Sastry JK, Yoshida-Court K, Solley TN, Napravnik TC, O'Hara MP, Hegde VL, Colbert LE, Klopp AH. Circulating neutrophils and tumor-associated myeloid cells function as a powerful biomarker for response to chemoradiation in locally advanced cervical cancer. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 39:100578, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36935860.
- Guan F, Zhao L, Bronk JK, Maletic-Savatic M, Grosshans DR, Carlson DJ. Editorial: Advances in the biological effects of ionizing radiation. Front Oncol 13:1352771, 2023. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38234403.
- Colbert LE, El MB, Lynn EJ, Bronk J, Karpinets TV, Wu X, Chapman BV, Sims TT, Lin D, Kouzy R, Sammouri J, Biegert G, Delgado Medrano AY, Olvera A, Sastry KJ, Eifel PJ, Jhingran A, Lin L, Ramondetta LM, Futreal AP, Jazaeri AA, Schmeler KM, Yue J, Mitra A, Yoshida-Court K, Wargo JA, Solley TN, Hegde V, Nookala SS, Yanamandra AV, Dorta-Estremera S, Mathew G, Kavukuntla R, Papso C, Ahmed-Kaddar M, Kim M, Zhang J, Reuben A, Holliday EB, Minsky BD, Koong AC, Koay EJ, Das P, Taniguchi CM, Klopp A. Expansion of Candidate HPV-Specific T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment during Chemoradiotherapy Is Prognostic in HPV16+ Cancers. Cancer Immunol Res 10(2):259-271, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35045973.
- Bronk JK, Kapadia C, Wu X, Chapman BV, Wang R, Karpinets TV, Song X, Futreal AM, Zhang J, Klopp AH, Colbert LE. Feasibility of a novel non-invasive swab technique for serial whole-exome sequencing of cervical tumors during chemoradiation therapy. PLoS One 17(10):e0274457, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36201462.
- Bronk JK, Hou P, Amsbaugh MJ, Khatua S, Mahajan A, Ketonen L, McGovern SL. Sequential Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Patients Undergoing Reirradiation for Progressive Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(2):100847, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35071836.
- Bronk JK, Amer A, Khose S, Flint D, Adair A, Yepes P, Grosshans D, Johnson J, Chung C. Brain Radiation Necrosis Outside the Target Volume After Proton Radiation Therapy: Analyses of Multiparametric Imaging and Proton Biologic Effectiveness. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(6):101044, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36420203.
- Bronk JK, Guha-Thakurta N, Allen PK, Mahajan A, Grosshans DR, McGovern SL. Analysis of pseudoprogression after proton or photon therapy of 99 patients with low grade and anaplastic glioma. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 9:30-34, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29594248.
- Cardó-Vila M, Marchiò S, Sato M, Staquicini FI, Smith TL, Bronk JK, Yin G, Zurita AJ, Sun M, Behrens C, Sidman RL, Lee JJ, Hong WK, Wistuba II, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Interleukin-11 Receptor Is a Candidate Target for Ligand-Directed Therapy in Lung Cancer: Analysis of Clinical Samples and BMTP-11 Preclinical Activity. Am J Pathol 186(8):2162-2170, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27317903.
- Staquicini FI, Qian MD, Salameh A, Dobroff AS, Edwards JK, Cimino DF, Moeller BJ, Kelly P, Nunez MI, Tang X, Liu DD, Lee JJ, Hong WK, Ferrara F, Bradbury AR, Lobb RR, Edelman MJ, Sidman RL, Wistuba II, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Receptor tyrosine kinase EphA5 is a functional molecular target in human lung cancer. J Biol Chem 290(12):7345-59, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25623065.
- Nunes DN, Dias-Neto E, Cardó-Vila M, Edwards JK, Dobroff AS, Giordano RJ, Mandelin J, Brentani HP, Hasselgren C, Yao VJ, Marchiò S, Pereira CA, Passetti F, Calin GA, Sidman RL, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Synchronous down-modulation of miR-17 family members is an early causative event in the retinal angiogenic switch. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(12):3770-5, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25775553.
- Bronk JK, Russell BH, Rivera JJ, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Höök M, Barbu EM. A multifunctional streptococcal collagen-mimetic protein coating prevents bacterial adhesion and promotes osteoid formation on titanium. Acta Biomater 10(7):3354-62, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24732634.
- Guzman-Rojas L, Rangel R, Salameh A, Edwards JK, Dondossola E, Kim YG, Saghatelian A, Giordano RJ, Kolonin MG, Staquicini FI, Koivunen E, Sidman RL, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Cooperative effects of aminopeptidase N (CD13) expressed by nonmalignant and cancer cells within the tumor microenvironment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(5):1637-42, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22307623.
- Staquicini FI, Cardó-Vila M, Kolonin MG, Trepel M, Edwards JK, Nunes DN, Sergeeva A, Efstathiou E, Sun J, Almeida NF, Tu SM, Botz GH, Wallace MJ, O'Connell DJ, Krajewski S, Gershenwald JE, Molldrem JJ, Flamm AL, Koivunen E, Pentz RD, Dias-Neto E, Setubal JC, Cahill DJ, Troncoso P, Do KA, Logothetis CJ, Sidman RL, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Vascular ligand-receptor mapping by direct combinatorial selection in cancer patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108(46):18637-42, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22049339.
- Edwards JK, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Calin GA. MicroRNAs and ultraconserved genes as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets in cancer and cardiovascular diseases. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 3(3):271-9, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20560048.
- Driessen WH, Bronk LF, Edwards JK, Proneth B, Souza GR, Decuzzi P, Pasqualini R, Arap W. On the synergistic effects of ligand-mediated and phage-intrinsic properties during in vivo selection. Adv Genet 69:115-33, 2010. PMID: 20807605.
- Giordano RJ, Edwards JK, Tuder RM, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Combinatorial ligand-directed lung targeting. Proc Am Thorac Soc 6(5):411-5, 2009. PMID: 19687212.
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