Rayane Dennaoui, M.Sc.
Ph.D.
Education
2014 B.S. Biology, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
2018 M.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
2019- 2025 Graduate Student, Cancer Research Graduate Program (CRGP), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2025 Ph.D. Cancer Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Contact:
Tel: (313) 578-4337
E-mail: dennaour@karmanos.org
Rayane joined our group in January of 2020. She studies the role of JAK/STAT signaling in breast and pancreatic cancer models.
Starting in 2021, Rayane is supported by the NCI-funded Wayne State University Training Program in the Biology of Cancer (T32, CA009531).
For the academic year 2023-2024, Rayane is a recipient of the prestigious predoctoral fellowship in cancer research from the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation.
Rayane defended her Ph.D. dissertation "Compensatory roles of JAKs and STATs in mammary gland development and breast cancer" on February 13, 2025.