Background
Cockley, Karen Denise was born on October 21, 1958 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Aaron Kurtz and Marilyn Lou Cockley.
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Karen Denise Cockley
Edit Profilemolecular biologist/nutritionist
Karen Denise Cockley, American molecular biologist/nutritionist. Achievements include research of transforming growth factors demonstrated in the urine of patients with disseminated cancer; research on human cytomegalovirus-- encoded function capable of inhibiting herpes simplex virus replication; research on human papillomavirus type-16 associated increase in cellular mutagenesis.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, Hood College, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, 1988.
Career
Dietetics intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1980-1981; intern, Women, Infant & Children Supplemental Feeding Program, Baltimore, 1981; senior laboratory assistant, National Cancer Institute-Litton Bionetics, Frederick, Maryland., 1981-1982; scientific research assistant, National Cancer Institute-Program Resources Inc., Frederick, 1982-1983; manager, nutritional product development, Wyeth-Ayerst International Inc., Philadelphia, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member Committee Women, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1989. Member American Dietetics Association, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Microbiology, American Association Women Science, Kappa Omicron Phi, Sigma Xi.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1981
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1988
Awards
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Postdoctoral fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 1988-1990. Recipient Fellowship award, American Society Virology, 1985-1987, Hodson Award Academy Excellence, 1980, Good Citizen Award, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1973.Postdoctoral fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 1988-1990. Recipient Fellowship award, American Society Virology, 1985-1987, Hodson Award Academy Excellence, 1980, Good Citizen Award, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1973.