September 16, 2024
Devin Koestler, PhD, professor and associate director of research operations in the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, has been appointed assistant director for Shared Resources at The University of Kansas Cancer Center. In this role, he will work closely with Matthew Mayo, PhD, associate director for Shared Resources, to oversee and enhance KU Cancer Center’s scientific shared resources and core facilities, which offer advanced instrumentation and tools to support basic, clinical and translational research.
“I am honored and enthusiastic about this opportunity and look forward to sharing my experience in leading and directing scientific cores to assist Dr. Mayo in the oversight and management of the cancer center’s outstanding stable of shared resources,” Dr. Koestler said.
Dr. Koestler, who also serves as co-director of the Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Resource and director of the Quantitative ‘Omics Core that supports the Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine, joined the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2013. He brings extensive experience in directing scientific cores and expertise in biostatistics and bioinformatics, with a focus on high-throughput ‘omics’ data and cancer-related epigenetics. Many of Dr. Koestler’s research efforts involve large-scale epidemiologic studies studying DNA methylation and its relationship to cancer development and prognosis.