Douglas W. Strand Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology
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Doug obtained his Ph.D. with David Rowley at Baylor College of Medicine in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University under Simon Hayward. He joined the faculty of UTSW in 2014 and works closely with the clinicians in the Urology department to characterize the cellular pathogenesis of diseases of the human lower urinary tract.
Alicia Malewska M.S.
Research Technician
Alicia obtained her master’s degree at UT Dallas in 2005 and has worked at UT Southwestern ever since. She joined Dr. Strand’s lab in 2014.
Former Members
Diya Binoy Joseph Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Diya joined the Strand lab in January 2019 as a postdoctoral researcher. Prior to this, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut in India in 2013 and a Ph.D in Cellular and Molecular Biology in December 2018 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During her doctoral studies in Dr. Chad Vezina’s lab, Diya studied the development of the lower urinary tract with special emphasis on the role of DNA methylating enzymes during prostate development. During her doctoral studies, Diya was part of a collaborative project with Dr. Strand to produce the first cellular anatomy of the normal human prostate at single cell resolution. This collaboration led to her current position as a postdoctoral researcher in the Strand lab where she studies Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and the role of novel club and hillock urethral cell types in BPH growth. In 2022, Diya began her own lab at InStem in Bangalore, India.
Gervaise H. Henry M.S.
Computatonal Biologist (2015-2021)
Gervaise obtained his master’s degree at American University in 2014. He joined Dr. Strand’s lab in 2015. His previous experience involved the utilization of a diverse set of molecular techniques to investigate cancer biology. He also has a strong background in early-stage drug discovery, including the use of lab robotics. After a very successful fellowship with UT Southwestern Bioinformatics Department’s Bioinformatics Core Facility (BICF), he transitioned to a more computational role in the lab. He is responsible for the analysis of sequencing, in particular single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis. He also builds pipelines for automated analysis, and tools for easy data exploration.
Gervaise has moved on to work at DNAnexus in 2021 and his contact info is accessible at his personal website.
Kimberly Westover B.S.
Summer Student (2021)
After graduating from Clarion University, Kimberly joined us in the Strand Lab for the summer of 2021, in preperation of starting her PhD studies at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the Basic Biomedical Sciences program.
Caitlin L. Mcalanis
STARS Student (2019)
While a senior at North Forney High School, Caitlin joined us in the Strand lab for the summer of 2019.