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Farzad Esni, PhD Associate Professor of Surgery 






	
	


			

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		412-692-8038	
		

		
			

		farzad.esni@chp.edu	
		

		
		
			

		Departments of Surgery, Developmental Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, John G. Rangos Research Center, One Children’s Hospital Drive, 4401 Penn Avenue
, Floor 6, Room 6123	
		

		
			

		Pittsburgh, PA 15224	
		

		
		
	









	
Education
	
	

	
2000, Ph.D., Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
1994, B.Sc., Umea University, Umea, Sweden
	
	
	





	

	
Appointments and Positions
2001-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2005-2006 Instructor
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD        
2006-2015 Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 
2012-Present Member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Membership
2003-Present–Society for Developmental Biology (SDB)
2006-Present–American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2007-Present–American Pancreatic Association (APA)
2011-Present–American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Current Funding
NIH (1R01DK101413-01A1), NIH (1R01DK103002-01), National Pancreas Foundation