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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

W. Kimryn Rathmell is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with extensive work in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Key subfields include molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, oncology, and immunology.

The scientist focuses particularly on the study and treatment of renal cell carcinoma and related cancers. Their research themes cover cancer, hypoxia, metabolism, cancer genomics and diagnostics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, as well as immune cells in cancer.

Rathmell's publication record features contributions to a variety of journals and venues. Frequent venues of publication include UNC Libraries, Journal of Clinical Oncology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Research, and JCI Insight.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rathmell include:

  • Management of Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: ASCO Guideline, 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cell-programmed nutrient partitioning in the tumour microenvironment, 2021, Nature
  • Clear cell renal cell carcinoma ontogeny and mechanisms of lethality, 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Single-cell protein activity analysis identifies recurrence-associated renal tumor macrophages, 2021, Cell
  • The tumor microenvironment as a metabolic barrier to effector T cells and immunotherapy, 2020, eLife

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Kathryn E. Beckermann, Bradley I. Reinfeld, Scott M. Haake, and Melissa M. Wolf.

W. Kimryn Rathmell has been recognized within the scientific community through awards such as fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Comprehensivemolecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Chad J. Creighton;Margaret Morgan;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Preethi H. Gunaratne;David A. Wheeler

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas.

    Daniel J. Brat;Roel G.W. Verhaak;Kenneth D. Aldape;W. K.Alfred Yung

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rehan Akbani;Kadir C. Akdemir;B. Arman Aksoy;Monique Albert

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Nishant Agrawal;Rehan Akbani;B. Arman Aksoy;Adrian Ally

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

    A. Gordon Robertson;Jaegil Kim;Hikmat Al-Ahmadie;Joaquim Bellmunt

  • Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

  • Fatal Toxic Effects Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Daniel Y. Wang;Joe Elie Salem;Joe Elie Salem;Justine V. Cohen;Sunandana Chandra

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Comprehensive Molecular Portraits of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer.

    Giovanni Ciriello;Giovanni Ciriello;Michael L. Gatza;Michael L. Gatza;Andrew H. Beck;Matthew D. Wilkerson

  • Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Papillary Renal-Cell Carcinoma.

    W. Marston Linehan;Paul T. Spellman;Christopher J. Ricketts;Chad J. Creighton

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel S. Parker
Joel S. Parker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University
Andrew D. Cherniack
Andrew D. Cherniack Broad Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Gordon B. Mills
Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Mungall
Andrew J. Mungall BC Cancer Agency

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