Professor and Chief,
Molecular Pathology
1970, B.S.,Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1974, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Phone: (504) 988-5237
Fax: (504) 988-7389
Teaching Specialty:
Molecular Medicine (Graduate course)
Molecular Pathology (Pathology resident rotation)
Research in Pathology (Medical student elective)
Research Lab:
Molecular Pathology Lab
Room 6556, Hutchinson Bldg.
On Going Research
Proteomics and RNAi inhibitors of cancer, fibrosis and infections.
Grant Support:
NIH
Tulane Cancer Center
Recent publications
- Irmgard Irminger-Finger, Brian D. Siegel and Wai-Choi Leung (1999) The Functions of Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene 1 (BRCA1) Product and Its Associated Proteins. Biol Chem, 380, 117-128.
- Irmgard Irminger-Finger, Wai-Choi Leung, Jian Li, Michel Dubois-Dauphin, Jean Harb, Anis Feki, Charles Edward Jefford, Jesus V. Soriano, Marisa Jaconi, Roberto Montesano, and Karl-Heinz Krause (2001) Identification of BARD1 as Mediator between Proapoptotic Stress and p53-Dependent Apoptosis. Molecular Cell 8, 1255-1266.
- Irmgard Irminger-Finger, Wai-Choi Leung (2002) BRCA1-dependent and Independent Functions of BARD1. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 34, 582-587.
- Anthony A. Killeen, Wai-Choi Leung, Deborah Payne,Daniel E. Sabath, Karen Snow, Gregory J. Tsongalis, Vivianna Van Deerlin, and Karen Weck (2002) Certification in Molecular Pathology in the United States (Training and Education Committee, the Association for Molecular Pathology). Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 4, 181-184.
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rev DDO 7/04