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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2009 - Gruber Prize in Genetics
  • 1998 - US President's National Medal of Science "For revolutionizing cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment through her discovery of chromosomal translocations in cancer and her pioneering work on the relationship of prior treatment to recurring chromosome abnormalities, for epitomizing the bench to bedside philosophy in her application of basic discoveries to clinical medicine, and for her leadership nationally and internationally in the oncology and biomedical communities.", Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Janet D. Rowley was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. The research mainly focused on social sciences and psychology, with particular attention to education and clinical psychology. Their published work explored various intersections within these fields, highlighting education, developmental and educational psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research covered multiple topics, with a primary focus on educational and psychological assessments. Additionally, they contributed to areas such as early childhood education and development, family and disability support research, education discipline and inequality, youth substance use and school attendance, teacher education and leadership studies, and reflective practices in education.

The scientist frequently published in established venues, including:

  • Educational Psychology in Practice
  • Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
  • Educational and Child Psychology

Recent significant research outputs included the following papers:

  • Supporting parents through a narrative therapeutic group approach: a participatory research project, 2020, Educational Psychology in Practice
  • Applying a framework for critical reflection in educational psychology practice: views of trainee educational psychologists, 2022, Educational Psychology in Practice
  • Journeys of endurance: stories of exclusion from pupils, caregivers and school professionals, 2022, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
  • Exploring young people's experiences of the Tree Of Life narrative intervention through participatory research, 2023, Educational Psychology in Practice
  • Using visual and participatory research methods to describe processes of educational resilience in returners to education, 2020, Educational and Child Psychology

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Victoria Feingold
  • Pandora Giles
  • Amy Hammond
  • Amal Hussein
  • Michelle Oakey

Awards and honors received throughout their career included:

  • Gruber Prize in Genetics, 2009
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 1998, presented by President William Jefferson Clinton for contributions to cancer research and clinical medicine
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998
  • William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics, 1991
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1984

Best Publications

  • Letter: A new consistent chromosomal abnormality in chronic myelogenous leukaemia identified by quinacrine fluorescence and Giemsa staining.

    Janet D. Rowley

  • Fusion of the TEL gene on 12p13 to the AML1 gene on 21q22 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    T R Golub;G F Barker;S K Bohlander;S W Hiebert

  • 15/17 TRANSLOCATION, A CONSISTENT CHROMOSOMAL CHANGE IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA

    JanetD. Rowley;HarveyM. Golomb;Charlotte Dougherty

  • Clinical-cytogenetic associations in 306 patients with therapy-related myelodysplasia and myeloid leukemia: the University of Chicago series.

    Sonali M. Smith;Michelle M. Le Beau;Dezheng Huo;Theodore Karrison

  • MicroRNA expression signatures accurately discriminate acute lymphoblastic leukemia from acute myeloid leukemia

    Shuangli Mi;Jun Lu;Jun Lu;Miao Sun;Zejuan Li

  • Nonrandom chromosome abnormalities in acute leukemia and dysmyelopoietic syndromes in patients with previously treated malignant disease

    Janet D. Rowley;Harvey M. Golomb;James W. Vardiman

  • The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia fuses the genes for nucleoporin NUP98 and class I homeoprotein HOXA9.

    Julian Borrow;Amanda M. Shearman;Vincent P. Stanton;Reinhard Becher

  • Evidence for a 15; 17 translocation in every patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia

    Richard A Larson;Koji Kondo;James W Vardiman;Ann E Butler

  • Distinct microRNA expression profiles in acute myeloid leukemia with common translocations

    Zejuan Li;Jun Lu;Jun Lu;Miao Sun;Shuangli Mi

  • Dietary bioflavonoids induce cleavage in the MLL gene and may contribute to infant leukemia

    Reiner Strick;Pamela L. Strissel;Susanne Borgers;Steve L. Smith

  • The critical role of chromosome translocations in human leukemias.

    Janet D. Rowley

  • Homozygous deletion of the alpha- and beta 1-interferon genes in human leukemia and derived cell lines

    M O Diaz;S Ziemin;M M Le Beau;P Pitha

  • Chromosomal banding patterns in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

    Janet D. Rowley;David Potter

  • The balanced and the unbalanced chromosome aberrations of acute myeloid leukemia may develop in different ways and may contribute differently to malignant transformation

    Jens Pedersen-Bjergaard;Janet D. Rowley

  • AML1 and the 8;21 and 3;21 translocations in acute and chronic myeloid leukemia.

    Giuseppina Nucifora;Janet D. Rowley

  • Rearrangements of the MLL gene in therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia in patients previously treated with agents targeting DNA-topoisomerase II.

    H. J. G. Super;N. R. Mccabe;M. J. Thirman;R. A. Larson

  • Oligomerization of the ABL tyrosine kinase by the Ets protein TEL in human leukemia.

    T. R. Golub;A. Goga;G. F. Barker;D. E. H. Afar

  • Hidden chromosome abnormalities in haematological malignancies detected by multicolour spectral karyotyping

    Tim Veldman;Christine Vignon;Evelin Schröck;Janet D. Rowley

  • Onco gen: Human oncogene locations and chromosome aberrations

    Janet D. Rowley

  • The Chromosomes in Human Cancer and Leukemia

    Olufunmilayo I. Olopade;Janet D. Rowley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle M. Le Beau
Michelle M. Le Beau University of Chicago
Richard A. Larson
Richard A. Larson University of Chicago
James W. Vardiman
James W. Vardiman University of Chicago
Harvey M. Golomb
Harvey M. Golomb University of Chicago
Stefan K. Bohlander
Stefan K. Bohlander University of Auckland
Todd R. Golub
Todd R. Golub Harvard University
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade University of Chicago
Felix Mitelman
Felix Mitelman Lund University
Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University
Timothy W. McKeithan
Timothy W. McKeithan City Of Hope National Medical Center

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