Marikki Laiho, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacy
Marikki Laiho received her MD and PhD in Medical Science in 1988 (University of Helsinki, Finland). She obtained international research experience as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Massachusettes Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusettes, USA (1988-89). She also served as Research Associate at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, USA (1989-90). Most recently, she has served as the Williard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Division of Molecular Radiation Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore, MD, USA. Dr. Laiho now serves as Professor of Pharmacy in the CDR where she leads the Cancer and Chemical Biology Group. She has authored approximateky 100 research articles and has received numerous awards. The group of Dr. Laiho focuses on the relevance and implications of cellular DNA damage responses in cancer.
