Jessica Heck, PharmD, PhD

Position title: Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist, Denver VA Medical Center (ECHCS), Denver, CO

Phone: Advisor: Dr. Patricia Keely

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Graduation: 05/2011
Research Interest: Breast cancer biology, cell signaling

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In addition to receiving her PhD from the MCP program, Jessica also received her PharmD from the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. She completed her residency in Pharmacy practice at the Denver VA Medical Center and has accepted a permanent position there. She maintains strong ties to the Keely lab with a continued interest in breast cancer biology and has expanded her interests to include clinical research and patient outcomes.

Fallon MJ, Heck JN (2014). Fatal Stevens-Johnson syndrome/ toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by allopurinol-rituximab-bendamustine therapy. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 0(0):1-5. PMID: 25005569
Heck JN, Ponik SM, Garcia-Mendoza MG, Pehlke CA, Inman DR, Eliceiri KW, and PJ Keely (2012). Microtubules regulate GEF-H1 in response to extracellular matrix stiffness. Mol Biol Cell. 23:2583-2592. PMID: 3386221
Schramp M, Thapa N, Heck JN, and RA Anderson (2011). PIPKIgamma regulates beta-catenin transcriptional activity downstream of growth factor receptor signaling. Cancer Res. 71:1282-91. PMCID: PMC3066690
Heck JN, Mellman DL, Ling K, Sun Y, Wagoner MP, Schill NJ, and RA Anderson (2007). A conspicuous connection: structure defines function for the phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase family. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 42:15-39. PMID: 17364683