EDUCATION
B.V.Sc. (Veterinary Medicine) 1968, University of Melbourne, School of Veterinary Medicine,
     Victoria, Australia
Ph.D. (Veterinary Medicine) 1979, University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary
     Medicine, Saskatoon, Canada
 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 1983



EMPLOYMENT

6/09 - Present Associate Contract Scientist, Pathology, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2007 - 6/09 Senior Pathologist, Pathology, WIL Research Laboratories, LLC, Ashland, OH
2002 - 2007 Professor, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
1999 - 2002 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1988 - 1998 Research Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore MD; Veterinary Medical Officer, Research Service, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1984 - 1988 Assistant Professor, Division of Animal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
1979 - 1983 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN
1975 - 1979 Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
1968 - 1975 Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Society of Toxicologic Pathologists



 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Russell, R. G., A. Lasorella, L. Dettin, Y. Yokota and A. Iavarone: Id2 is Essential for Differentiation and Prevents Tumorigenesis in the Intestinal Epithelium. Cancer Res. 64: 7226-7230, 2004.

     

  2. Sampson, S. L., C. C. Dascher, V. K. Sambandamurthy, R. G. Russell, W. R. Jacobs, Jr., B. R. Bloom and M. K. Hondalus: Protection Elicited by a Double Leucine and Pantothenate Auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Guinea Pigs. Infect. Immun. 72: 3031-3017, 2004.

     

  3. Woodman, S. E., M. Cheung, M. Tar, A. C. North, W. Schubert, G. Laggard, C. B. Marks, R. G. Russell, G. S. Hessian, S. M. Factor, G. J. Christ and M. P. Lisanti: Urogenital Alterations in Aged Male Caveolin-1 Knockout Mice. J. Urol. 171: 950-957, 2004.

     

  4. Iyengar, P., V. Espina, T. W. Williams, Y. Lin, D. Berry, L. A. Jelicks, H. Lee, K. Temple, R. Graves, J. Pollard, N. Chopra, R. G. Russell, R. Sasisekharan, B. J. Trock, M. Lippman, V. S. Calvert, E. F. Petricoin, 3rd, L. Liotta, E. Dadachova, R. G. Pestell, M. P. Lisanti, P. Bonaldo and P. E. Scherer: Adipocyte-Derived Collagen VI Affects Early Mammary Tumor Progression In Vivo, Demonstrating a Novel Interaction in the Tumor/Stroma Microenvironment. J. Clin. Invest. 115: 1163-1176, 2005.

     

  5. Lasorella, A., G. Rothschild, Y. Yokota, R. G. Russell and A. Iavarone: Id2 Mediates Tumor Initiation, Proliferation, and Angiogenesis in Rb Mutant Mice. Mol. Cell. Biol. 25: 3563-3574, 2005.

     

  6. Melman, A., M. Tar, J. Boczko, G. Christ, A. C. Leung, W. Zhao and R. G. Russell: Evaluation of Two Techniques of Partial Urethral Obstruction in the Male Rat Model of Bladder Outlet Obstruction. Urology 66: 1127-1133, 2005.

     

  7. Sambandamurthy, V. K., S. C. Derrick, K. V. Jalapathy, B. Chen, R. G. Russell, S. L. Morris and W. R. Jacobs, Jr.: Long-Term Protection Against Tuberculosis Following Vaccination with a Severely Attenuated Double Lysine and Pantothenate Auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect. Immun. 73: 1196-1120, 2005.

     

  8. Wang, Y., C. D. Putnam, M. F. Kane, W. Zhang, L. Edelmann, R. Russell, D. V. Carrion, L. Chin, R. Kucherlapati, R. D. Kolodner and W. Edelmann: Mutation in Rpa1 Results in Defective DNA Double-Strand Break Repair, Chromosomal Instability and Cancer in Mice. Nat. Genet. 37: 750-755, 2005.

     

  9. Yin, Y., R. Bai, R. G. Russell, M. E. Beildeck, Z. Xie, L. Kopelovich and R. I. Glazer: Characterization of Medroxyprogesterone and DMBA-Induced Multilineage Mammary Tumors by Gene Expression Profiling. Mol. Carcinog. 44: 42-50, 2005.

     

  10. Yin, Y., R. G. Russell, L. E. Dettin, R. Bai, Z.-L. Wei, A. P. Kozikowski, L. Kopelovich and R. I. Glazer: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor d and g Agonists Differentially Alter Tumor Differentiation and Progression During Mammary Carcinogenesis. Cancer Res. 65: 3950-3957, 2005.

     

  11. Cardiff, R. D., M. Anver, G. P. Boivin, M. W. Bosenberg, R. R. Maronpot, A. A. Molinolo, A. Y. Nikitin, J. E. Rehg, G. V. Thomas, R. G. Russell and J. M. Ward: Precancer in Mice: Animal Models Used to Understand, Prevent, and Treat Human Precancers. Toxicol. Pathol. 34: 699-707, 2006.

     

  12. Hulit, J., R. J. Lee, Z. Li, C. Wang, S. Katiyar, J. Yang, A. A. Quong, K. Wu, C. Albanese, R. Russell, D. Di Vizio, A. Koff, S. Thummala, H. Zhang, J. Harrell, H. Sun, W. J. Muller, G. Inghirami, M. P. Lisanti and R. G. Pestell: p27Kip1 Repression of ErbB2-Induced Mammary Tumor Growth in Transgenic Mice Involves Skp2 and Wnt/b-Catenin Signaling. Cancer Res. 66: 8529-8541, 2006.

     

  13. Wu, K., A. Li, M. Rao, M. Liu, V. Dailey, Y. Yang, D. Di Vizio, C. Wang, M. P. Lisanti, G. Sauter, R. G. Russell, A. Cvekl and R. G. Pestell: DACH1 is a Cell Fate Determination Factor that Inhibits Cyclin D1 and Breast Tumor Growth. Mol. Cell. Biol. 26: 7116-7129, 2006.

     

  14. Derrick, S. C., T. H. Evering, V. K. Sambandamurthy, K. V. Jalapathy, T. Hsu, B. Chen, M. Chen, R. G. Russell, A. P. Junqueira-Kipnis, I. M. Orme, S. A. Porcelli, W. R. Jacobs, Jr. and S. L. Morris: Characterization of the Protective T-Cell Response Generated in CD4-Deficient Mice by a Live Attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis Vaccine. Immunology 120: 192-206, 2007.

     

  15. Ju, X., S. Katiyar, C. Wang, M. Liu, X. Jiao, S. Li, J. Zhou, J. Turner, M. P. Lisanti, R. G. Russell, S. C. Mueller, J. Ojeifo, W. S. Chen, N. Hay and R. G. Pestell: Akt1 Governs Breast Cancer Progression In Vivo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 104: 7438-7443, 2007.

     

  16. Lehnes, K., A. D. Winder, C. Alfonso, N. Kasid, M. Simoneaux, H. Summe, E. Morgan, M. C. Iann, J. Duncan, M. Eagan, R. Tavaluc, C. H. Evans, Jr., R. Russell, A. Wang, F. Hu and A. Stoica: The Effect of Estradiol on In Vivo Tumorigenesis is Modulated by the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt1 Pathway. Endocrinology 148: 1171-1180, 2007.

     

  17. Pelham, R. W., R. G. Russell, E. L. Padgett, R. E. Reno and M. B. Cleveland: Safety of Oral Sulfates in Rats and Dogs Contrasted with Phosphate-Induced Nephropathy in Rats. Int. J. Toxicol. 28: 99-112, 2009.