Background
Parsons, Sarah J. was born on November 2, 1942 in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Marshall John and Bessie Derhammer Jox.
Parsons, Sarah J. was born on November 2, 1942 in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Marshall John and Bessie Derhammer Jox.
Bachelor, Valparaiso University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1969.
Postdoctoral fellow University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1975—1980, research associate, 1980—1982, assistant professor microbiology, 1982—1988, associate professor microbiology, 1988—1994, professor microbiology, since 1994. Director cancer training grant University Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1994, associate director Cancer Center, since 2000. Grant review panel National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1999—2002.
External advisor for cancer center Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, since 2000, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 2002.
Officer PTO Broadus Wood Elementary School, Charlottesville, 1975—1981, Henley Middle School, Charlottesville, 1981—1983. Church liaison Habitat for Humanity, 1998—2002. Council member St. Mark Lutheran Church, 2000—2002.
Member of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Association for Cancer Researchers, American Society for Cell Biology (life), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married John Thomas Parsons, June 20, 1964. Children: Scott Thomas, Rebecca Parsons Haberman.