The Ann B. Young Assistant Professorship in Cancer Research

Ann B. Young

The Professorship was created in 1974 by the Young Foundation, which was founded and funded by H. Albert Young, former Attorney General of the State of Delaware and an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and his wife, Ann B. Young. The Professorship serves as an enduring tribute to Ann B. Young, who died of cancer in 1972.

John H. Glick, MD was the first recipient of the Professorship. The Young family is proud to have supported him in the early stages of his career. His accomplishments and those of later chairholders are realizing Mr. Young’s wish "to contribute in some measure toward a breakthrough in the ultimate cure of this ravaging disease.”


 

Tzipora Sarah Karin EisingerCurrent Chairholder
Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger, PhD

Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger, PhD is the Ann B. Young Assistant Professor in Cancer Research at the Perelman School of Medicine. The Eisinger Lab is part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute.

Dr. Eisinger received a BS in biology from the University of Miami and a PhD in microbiology from the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the role of the Hippo pathway in soft tissue sarcomas. Nearly 15,000 Americans are diagnosed with a form of soft-tissue sarcoma every year, but due to its many subtypes, sarcoma presents a complex research problem, and sarcoma treatment has not changed significantly in 25 years. The discovery of novel targets and mechanisms is therefore critical. Dr. Eisinger’s work has shown that deregulation of the Hippo pathway and its main downstream effector YAP1 is required for proliferation in several common sarcoma subtypes, offering a potential path to new therapies.

Previous Chairholders

  • John H. Glick, MD 1974–1979
  • Donna J. Glover, MD 1986–1989
  • Kevin R. Fox, MD 1989–1994
  • Stephen L. Eck, MD, PhD 1994–2002
  • Susan M. Domchek, MD 2002–2007
  • Stephen M. Keefe, MD 2011–2015