Irene Newsham, Ph.D.
Department of School of Health Professions, Division of SVP Chief Academic Officer
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of School of Health Professions, Division of Academic Affairs, Sr VP Office, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1988 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, PHD, Genetic Toxicology |
| 1982 | University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA, BS, Biochemistry |
Postgraduate Training
| 1991-1993 | Postdoctoral Training, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research-Montreal Branch, Montreal |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2009 - 2011
Associate Professor, Department of Dept. of Neuro-Oncology, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2007
Associate Professor, Division of School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2000 - 2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1997 - 2000
Instructor, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, 1993 - 1997
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Associate Director of Research Planning and Development, MD Anderson Dept of Epidemiology, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2014
Assoc Dir Research Planning & Development, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Lin H, Wang M, Brody JA, Bis JC, Dupuis J, Lumley T, McKnight B, Rice KM, Sitlani CM, Reid JG, Bressler J, Liu X, Davis BC, Johnson AD, O'Donnell CJ, Kovar CL, Dinh H, Wu Y, Newsham I, Chen H, Broka A, DeStefano AL, Gupta M, Lunetta KL, Liu CT, White CC, Xing C, Zhou Y, Benjamin EJ, Schnabel RB, Heckbert SR, Psaty BM, Muzny DM, Cupples LA, Morrison AC, Boerwinkle E. Strategies to design and analyze targeted sequencing data: cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium Targeted Sequencing Study. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 7(3):335-43, 2014. PMID: 24951659.
- Liu L, Sabo A, Neale BM, Nagaswamy U, Stevens C, Lim E, Bodea CA, Muzny D, Reid JG, Banks E, Coon H, Depristo M, Dinh H, Fennel T, Flannick J, Gabriel S, Garimella K, Gross S, Hawes A, Lewis L, Makarov V, Maguire J, Newsham I, Poplin R, Ripke S, Shakir K, Samocha KE, Wu Y, Boerwinkle E, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH, Devlin B, Schellenberg GD, Sutcliffe JS, Daly MJ, Gibbs RA, Roeder K. Analysis of rare, exonic variation amongst subjects with autism spectrum disorders and population controls. PLoS Genet 9(4):e1003443, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23593035.
- Neale BM, Kou Y, Liu L, Ma'ayan A, Samocha KE, Sabo A, Lin CF, Stevens C, Wang LS, Makarov V, Polak P, Yoon S, Maguire J, Crawford EL, Campbell NG, Geller ET, Valladares O, Schafer C, Liu H, Zhao T, Cai G, Lihm J, Dannenfelser R, Jabado O, Peralta Z, Nagaswamy U, Muzny D, Reid JG, Newsham I, Wu Y, Lewis L, Han Y, Voight BF, Lim E, Rossin E, Kirby A, Flannick J, Fromer M, Shakir K, Fennell T, Garimella K, Banks E, Poplin R, Gabriel S, DePristo M, Wimbish JR, Boone BE, Levy SE, Betancur C, Sunyaev S, Boerwinkle E, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH, Devlin B, Gibbs RA, Roeder K, Schellenberg GD, Sutcliffe JS, Daly MJ. Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders. Nature 485(7397):242-5, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22495311.
- Stark MS, Woods SL, Gartside MG, Bonazzi VF, Dutton-Regester K, Aoude LG, Chow D, Sereduk C, Niemi NM, Tang N, Ellis JJ, Reid J, Zismann V, Tyagi S, Muzny D, Newsham I, Wu Y, Palmer JM, Pollak T, Youngkin D, Brooks BR, Lanagan C, Schmidt CW, Kobe B, MacKeigan JP, Yin H, Brown KM, Gibbs R, Trent J, Hayward NK. Frequent somatic mutations in MAP3K5 and MAP3K9 in metastatic melanoma identified by exome sequencing. Nat Genet 44(2):165-9, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22197930.
- Bainbridge MN, Wiszniewski W, Murdock DR, Friedman J, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Newsham I, Reid JG, Fink JK, Morgan MB, Gingras MC, Muzny DM, Hoang LD, Yousaf S, Lupski JR, Gibbs RA. Whole-genome sequencing for optimized patient management. Sci Transl Med 3(87):87re3, 2011. PMID: 21677200.
- Coventry A, Bull-Otterson LM, Liu X, Clark AG, Maxwell TJ, Crosby J, Hixson JE, Rea TJ, Muzny DM, Lewis LR, Wheeler DA, Sabo A, Lusk C, Weiss KG, Akbar H, Cree A, Hawes AC, Newsham I, Varghese RT, Villasana D, Gross S, Joshi V, Santibanez J, Morgan M, Chang K, Iv WH, Templeton AR, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs R, Sing CF. Deep resequencing reveals excess rare recent variants consistent with explosive population growth. Nat Commun 1:131, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21119644.
- Heller G, Geradts J, Ziegler B, Newsham I, Filipits M, Markis-Ritzinger EM, Kandioler D, Berger W, Stiglbauer W, Depisch D, Pirker R, Zielinski CC, Zöchbauer-Müller S. Downregulation of TSLC1 and DAL-1 expression occurs frequently in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 103(3):283-91, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17260099.
- Jiang W, Newsham IF. The tumor suppressor DAL-1/4.1B and protein methylation cooperate in inducing apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer 5(1):4, 2006. PMID: 16420693.
- Jiang W, Roemer ME, Newsham IF. The tumor suppressor DAL-1/4.1B modulates protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 activity in a substrate-specific manner. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 329(2):522-30, 2005. PMID: 15737618.
- Hattangadi DK, DeMasters GA, Walker TD, Jones KR, Di X, Newsham IF, Gewirtz DA. Influence of p53 and caspase 3 activity on cell death and senescence in response to methotrexate in the breast tumor cell. Biochem Pharmacol 68(9):1699-708, 2004. PMID: 15450935.
- Singh V, Miranda TB, Jiang W, Frankel A, Roemer ME, Robb VA, Gutmann DH, Herschman HR, Clarke S, Newsham IF. DAL-1/4.1B tumor suppressor interacts with protein arginine N-methyltransferase 3 (PRMT3) and inhibits its ability to methylate substrates in vitro and in vivo. Oncogene 23(47):7761-71, 2004. PMID: 15334060.
- Kittiniyom K, Mastronardi M, Roemer M, Wells WA, Greenberg ER, Titus-Ernstoff L, Newsham IF. Allele-specific loss of heterozygosity at the DAL-1/4.1B (EPB41L3) tumor-suppressor gene locus in the absence of mutation. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 40(3):190-203, 2004. PMID: 15138999.
- Mihaila D, Gutierrez JA, Rosenblum ML, Newsham IF, Bogler O, Rempel SA. Meningiomas: analysis of loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 10 in tumor progression and the delineation of four regions of chromosomal deletion in common with other cancers. Clin Cancer Res 9(12):4435-42, 2003. PMID: 14555516.
- Yu T, Robb VA, Singh V, Gutmann DH, Newsham IF. The 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin domain of the DAL-1/Protein 4.1B tumour suppressor interacts with 14-3-3 proteins. Biochem J 365(Pt 3):783-9, 2002. PMID: 11996670.
- Charboneau AL, Singh V, Yu T, Newsham IF. Suppression of growth and increased cellular attachment after expression of DAL-1 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Int J Cancer 100(2):181-8, 2002. PMID: 12115567.
- Kittiniyom K, Gorse KM, Dalbegue F, Lichy JH, Taubenberger JK, Newsham IF. Allelic loss on chromosome band 18p11.3 occurs early and reveals heterogeneity in breast cancer progression. Breast Cancer Res 3(3):192-8, 2001. PMID: 11305954.
- Perry A, Cai DX, Scheithauer BW, Swanson PE, Lohse CM, Newsham IF, Weaver A, Gutmann DH. Merlin, DAL-1, and progesterone receptor expression in clinicopathologic subsets of meningioma: a correlative immunohistochemical study of 175 cases. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 59(10):872-9, 2000. PMID: 11079777.
- Gutmann DH, Donahoe J, Perry A, Lemke N, Gorse K, Kittiniyom K, Rempel SA, Gutierrez JA, Newsham IF. Loss of DAL-1, a protein 4.1-related tumor suppressor, is an important early event in the pathogenesis of meningiomas. Hum Mol Genet 9(10):1495-500, 2000. PMID: 10888600.
- Tran YK, Bogler O, Gorse KM, Wieland I, Green MR, Newsham IF. A novel member of the NF2/ERM/4.1 superfamily with growth suppressing properties in lung cancer. Cancer Res 59(1):35-43, 1999. PMID: 9892180.
- Tran Y, Benbatoul K, Gorse K, Rempel S, Futreal A, Green M, Newsham I. Novel regions of allelic deletion on chromosome 18p in tumors of the lung, brain and breast. Oncogene 17(26):3499-505, 1998. PMID: 10030674.
- Issa JP, Vertino PM, Boehm CD, Newsham IF, Baylin SB. Switch from monoallelic to biallelic human IGF2 promoter methylation during aging and carcinogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93(21):11757-62, 1996. PMID: 8876210.
- Tran YK, Newsham IF. High-density marker analysis of 11p15.5 in non-small cell lung carcinomas reveals allelic deletion of one shared and one distinct region when compared to breast carcinomas. Cancer Res 56(13):2916-21, 1996. PMID: 8674040.