Podlutsky joins CANHR
October 2012
Andrej Podlutsky has joined the Center for Ӱpro Native Health Research at the University
of Ӱpro Fairbanks.
Podlutsky, appointed as an associate professor of molecular biology, plans to study
DNA repair in Ӱpro Native people and how it relates to cancer. Ӱpro Natives have
high rates of cancer incidences and deaths and Podlutsky hopes his research will shed
light on molecular mechanisms that defends against, or, predispose to cancer.
He did similar work with Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute and Barshop
Institute on Longevity and Aging Studies.
Podlutsky earn a Master’s of Science in molecular genetics at the Kharkov State University
and a Ph.D in molecular biology, biophysics from the Institute Theoretical and Experimental
Biophysics.
“Dr. Podlutsky brings a new level of research expertise to CANHR,” said Bert Boyer, CANHR’s director and also a molecular biologist. “We were impressed with his work in Texas and have confidence he’ll do great science on behalf of Ӱpro Native people.”
Andrej Podlutsky can be reached at 907-474-6759 or apodlutsky@alaska.edu