• Research Interest
• Clinical Specialties
• Recent Publications
• Honors & Awards
• Training and Certifications
• Contact Information

Research Interest

• Myeloid leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndromes
• Dyserythropoiesis
• Hematopoietic stem cell biology

Clinical Specialties

• Myeloid leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndromes
• Refractory anemia
• Congenital neutropenia

Recent Publications (selected)

• Braun BS, Shannon K. The sum is greater than the FGFR1 partner. Cancer Cell. 2004 Mar;5(3):203-4. Review.
• Le DT, Kong N, Zhu Y, Lauchle JO, Aiyigari A, Braun BS, Wang E, Kogan SC, Le Beau MM, Parada L, Shannon KM. Somatic inactivation of Nf1 in hematopoietic cells results in a progressive myeloproliferative disorder. Blood. 2004 Jun 1;103(11):4243-50.
• Braun BS, Tuveson DA, Kong N, Le DT, Kogan SC, Rozmus J, Le Beau MM, Jacks TE, Shannon KM. Somatic activation of oncogenic Kras in hematopoietic cells initiates a rapidly fatal myeloproliferative disorder. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jan 13;101(2):597-602.
• Braun BS, Frieden R, Lessnick SL, May WA, Denny CT. Identification of target genes for the Ewing's sarcoma EWS/FLI fusion protein by representational difference analysis. Mol Cell Biol. 1995 Aug;15(8):4623-30.
  
  

Honors & Awards (selected)

• 1990 Cum Laude, Princeton University
• 1990 Phi Beta Kappa
• 1990 Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles
• 2000-2003 Campini Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
• 2004 David G. Nathan Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research
• 2004 Melvin Grumbach Research Award, UCSF
• 2003-present Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fellow
  

Training & Certificates

• University of California, Los Angeles, Molecular Biology Ph.D.
• University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Degree
• University of California, San Francisco, Residency
• University of California, San Francisco Fellowship