About

Carole Parent is a research professor at the Life Sciences Institute and the inaugural Lynne and Raymond W. Ruddon Collegiate Professor in Cancer Biology and Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacology at the Medical School. She joined U-M after serving as deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute.

Her research interests focus on understanding how cells detect and respond to external chemotactic signals that are detected by GPCRs, and, in particular, how the spatial and temporal relay of chemotactic signals between cells impact single and group cell migration in the context of inflammation and cancer metastasis.

Contact

Office: Room 4437
Life Sciences Institute
Mary Sue Coleman Hall
210 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216
(734) 764-8165
parentc@umich.edu

Research Areas

  • cancer biology
  • chemotactic signaling
  • cell biology
  • pharmacology

Education

  • B.Pharm., Université of Montréal, Canada (1985)
  • M.Sc., Pharmacology, Université of Montréal, Canada (1987)
  • Ph.D., Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago (1992)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1992-1996)

 

Honors & Awards

  • FCAR Graduate Studentship Award (1990-1992)
  • MRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (1993-1996)
  • National Institutes of Health MERIT Award (2006, 2012)
  • Arthur S. Flemming Award (2013)
  • Inductee, Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars (2015)
  • Federal Technology Transfer Award (2015, 2016)
  • National Cancer Institute Director’s Award (2016)
  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018)

Professional Memberships & Other Service

  • Mini Symposium Chair, Cell Motility and Migration, ASCB Annual Meeting (2005)
  • Associate Editor, Molecular Biology of the Cell (2006-present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Science Signaling (2008-16)
  • Mini Symposium Chair, Cell Motility and Migration, ASCB Annual Meeting (2010)
  • Editorial Board Member, Current Opinion in Cell Biology (2011-present)
  • Chair, Directed Cell Migration Gordon Conference (2015)
  • Editorial Board Member, PLoS Biology (2016-present)

Other Affiliations

Previous Positions

  • Deputy Director of the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (2016-17)
  • Co-Director of the NCI-UMD Partnership for Cancer Technology (2013-17)
  • Adjunct Professor, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park (2011-17)
  • Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (2010-17)
  • Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (2006-17)
  • Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (2000-2006)
  • Instructor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1996-2000)