JCTR welcomes two new Editor-in-Chiefs

December 1, 2023

Prof. Jacek Z. Kubiak  - translational research

Prof. Kubiak studied Biology at the Warsaw University, Poland and graduated as MS in 1983. He then joined the research group of Prof. Andrzej K. Tarkowski at the Institute of Zoology, Dept. Biology, Warsaw University. He received his PhD degree in 1988 at the same institution. After three years postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Dr Bernard Maro at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris, France he obtained the position at the CNRS in France. He is now in the CNRS, France and in WIM-PIB in Poland. He has published more than 140 research articles in SCI(E) journals.

Prof. Ken H Young - clinical research

Prof. Young is a clinically-oriented diagnostic physician with clinical expertise in the pathologic diagnosis of hematologic cancers including tumors of the bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, spleen and pre-malignant hematologic conditions. Another area of interest is blood cancer classification with molecular and genetic profiling. In his research program, they focus on molecular mechanisms of tumor progression, cell-of-origin, biomarkers, and novel therapeutic strategies in lymphoma, myeloma and leukemia. In addition to patient care and translational research, medical education and scientific communication are also part of interest. He provide persistent support for the physician-scientist program and Blood Cancer Pathology program in the department and cancer center. Many residents, fellows, graduates and postdocs have worked and been trained in our program. They perform comprehensive clinical and research functions that include bone marrow, lymphoma pathology, clinical flow cytometry, cytogenetics, molecular diagnostics and outside services.