{"id":11407,"date":"2019-08-23T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=11407"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:41:06","slug":"blossom-a-damania-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/blossom-a-damania-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Blossom A. Damania, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Virus-associated cancers<\/li>\n<li>cancer biology<\/li>\n<li>signal transduction<\/li>\n<li>immunology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>Our lab is interested in the study of viral cancers associated with oncogenic human viruses such as Kaposi\u2019s sarcoma -associated herpesvirus. We study viral oncogenes, viral signaling proteins and viral transcription factors and also use animal models to study viral pathogenesis. The projects in our laboratory encompass the areas of signal transduction, apoptosis, angiogenesis, transcription and recombinant herpesvirus production. We employ the latest techniques in molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry to investigate key issues in viral oncogenesis.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our lab website:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damania.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.damania.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=damania+b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View complete list of publications in Pubmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Virus-associated cancers cancer biology signal transduction immunology Research Synopsis Our lab is interested in the study of viral cancers associated with oncogenic human viruses such as Kaposi\u2019s sarcoma -associated herpesvirus. We study viral oncogenes, viral signaling proteins and viral transcription factors and also use animal models to study viral pathogenesis. The projects in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/blossom-a-damania-phd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Blossom A. Damania, PhD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11450,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11407","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Blossom A. Damania, PhD"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Damania, Blossom A."],"_upd_last_name":["Damania"],"_upd_first_name":["Blossom A."],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Boshamer Distinguished Professor,\u00a0 Microbiology &amp; Immunology &amp; Vice Dean for Research, UNC School of Medicine<\/strong><strong>\r\n<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: #007fae;color: #fff\">Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>\r\nResearch: We study the intersection of viruses, cancer biology and immunology with the goal of treating virus-associated cancers.\r\nOffice:\u00a032-004 LCCC\r\nPhone: <a href=\"tel:+19198436011\">(919) 843-6011<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.damania.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lab Website<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:blossom_damania@med.unc.edu\">Email<\/a>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["PhD"],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"blossom_damania@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"(919) 843-6011","phone_type":"Office Phone"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center","address-2":"430 West Drive, Room 32-004 LCCC","campus-box":"CB# 7295","city":"Chapel Hill","state":"NC","zip":"27599"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/11407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/11407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27491,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/11407\/revisions\/27491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}