Alan P. Fields BS, PhD

Alan Fields, Ph.D., leads a research laboratory interested in the genetics, biochemistry and cell biology of lung and colon cancers; and chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Currently, the laboratory is focused on the role members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family of protein kinases play in the initiation, promotion and metastatic spread of these cancers. Dr. Fields' team has developed cell and mouse models to help understand how specific PKC isozymes are involved in colon and lung carcinogenesis.