Judd C. Rice, Ph.D.

Dr. Judd Rice is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Curriculum Vitae

B.S. 1993
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona, Tucson
Ph.D. 2000
Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Arizona, Tucson

Judd received his Bachelors of Science degree at the University of Arizona in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 1993. After working as a laboratory technician for Dr. Andrea Yool for two years, he entered the Ph.D. program in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona where he trained under Dr. Bernard Futscher. Following his graduation in 2000, Judd became an NIH NRSA-supported post-doctoral fellow for Dr. David Allis at the University of Virginia. In November 2003, Judd became an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at USC. The following year, Judd won the General Motors Cancer Research Scholar Award and, in 2006, he was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. His extracurricular activities include playing rugby football with the Pasadena Rugby Football Club.

On the Web

• Profile at Keck School of Medicine
• Profile for USC Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences
• Future at USC/Norris
• Outside the Box: Five cancer-fighting experts go beyond scientific boundaries to take innovative cancer research and patient care in new directions.
• Keck School of Medicine of USC: Constructing the Future of Medicine [PDF]
• The On and Off of Epigenetic Science
• Fifteen Researchers Named Pew Scholars, Awarded Unique Opportunity to Expand the Frontiers of Biomedical Science
• USC biochemist Judd Rice named 2006 Pew Scholar
• California Breast Cancer Research Program Awards $8 million to Researchers
• Pentagon Report Abstract: Androgen Receptor-Mediated Escape Mechanisms from Androgen Ablation Therapy
• Stop Cancer 2007 Educational Forum at USC, May 8, 2007

Multimedia

• Histone Methylation: new insights into epigenetic gene regulation. Streaming video of Judd's talk for the Univesity of Arizona College of Medicine Cancer Biology Seminar Series.
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Financial Support

Judd would like to thank the following for their past and current support of our lab:

The University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine of USC
The USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Robert E. and May R. Wright Foundation
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation
The James H. Zumberge Faculty Research Award

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
General Motors Cancer Research Scholar Award
STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award

The National Institutes of Health, NIGMS
The American Cancer Society
The Department of Defense
The California Breast Cancer Research Program