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Sandra W. McLeskey, PhD
Professor
Assistant Dean for Research
Room 762
Telephone: 410-706-4337
Fax: 410-706-0344
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Education
- BS, Chemistry, Duke University,Durham, NC, 1963
- BSN, Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1982
- PhD, Pharmacology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1989
Research
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U. S. Army Breast Cancer Program IDEA award (PI-McLeskey)
"Fibrinolysis in Tumor-Associated Angiogenesis"
7/2/02-6/30/05, $300,00 direct costs
"cDNA Libraries from Microdissected Cells in Pathological Sections"
1/00-6/20/03, $300,000 direct costs -
Greenebaum Cancer Center Pilot Project Award
"Patterns of Protein Expression in Tamoxifen-Stimulated Tumors"
4/1/04-3/31/05, $7000 Total costs
Recent Publications:
- Ciechanowski, M., Mower-Wade, D., & McLeskey, S.W.,. (2007). Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. In P. Morton & D. Fontaine. Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach 9th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, in press.
- Hayes, A. J., Huang, Q., Yu, J., Maisonpiere, P. C., Liu, A., Kern, F. G., Lippman, M. E., McLeskey, S. W., and Li, L. Y. Expression and function of angiopoietin-1 in breast cancer. 2000, Br. J. Cancer, 83, 1154-1160.
- Coopman, P. J. P., Do, M. T. H., Barth, M., Bowden, E. T., Hayes, A. J., Basyuk, E., Blancato, J.K., Vezza, P. R., McLeskey, S. W., Mangeat, P. H., and Mueller, S. C. The Syk tyrosine kinase suppresses malignant growth of human breast cancer cells. 2000, Nature, 406, 74-747.
- Hannum, R. S., Ojeifo, J. O., Zwiebel, J. A., and McLeskey, S. W. Isolation of tumor-derived endothelial cells. 2000, Microvasc. Res.,61, 287-290.
- Aberle, M.F. and McLeskey, S.W. Biology of lung cancer with implications for new therapies. 2003, Oncology Nursing Forum, 30(2): 273-278.
- Ciechanowski, M., Mower-Wade, D., McLeskey, S., & Stout, L. (2005). Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. In P. Morton, D. Fontaine, C. Hudak, & B. Gallo. Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach 8th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
- Flynn, MB & McLeskey, S. (2005) Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome. In P. Morton, D. Fontaine, C. Hudak, & B. Gallo. Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach 8th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Primary Teaching Areas
- NPHY 601: Cancer Genetics, Pathophysiology & Pharmacology
- NURS 315: Pathophysiology & Pharmacological Cases for Nursing Practice
- NPHY 620: Pathophysiological Alterations in the Critically Ill