Lab Members

Professor

Dr. Phinney received his B.A. in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Vermont and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He then completed his post-doctoral studies at the Fox Chase Cancer Center where he was awarded an American Cancer Society Fellowship to examine the transcriptional regulation of the JunB oncogene. Dr. Phinney then spent nine years at Tulane University Health Sciences Center where he advanced through the ranks to Professor of Immunology and Microbiology and Associate Director of Research for the Center for Gene Therapy. He joined Scripps Florida in 2009 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine.

Staff Scientist

Dr. Haga received his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology at Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Clinical Immunology from The University of Alabama at Birmingham. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Haga received the Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH/NIAID Doctoral Fellowship in Immunologic Diseases and Basic Immunology. He joined the Phinney Lab in 2010 as a post-doctoral associate after completing a fellowship at the Emory Vaccine Center in the laboratory of Dr. Max D. Cooper, MD. Dr. Haga is currently a Staff Scientist and his research is focused on examining the role of microRNAs in breast cancer and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of advanced breast cancer.