Cheryl Hawk:  

Recent bio from MD Anderson Cancer Center, but beware, this reads like the Christmas letter from hell... Cheryl Lyn Walker, Ph.D., is the Ruth and Walter Sterling Professor of Carcinogenesis in the Department of Carcinogenesis. Her laboratory is based at the Science Park Research Division, which is located inside Buescher State Park in Smithville, TX. While not a native Texan, Cheryl ¿got here as quick as she could¿, arriving in Texas at the age of 2 when her family relocated from Oregon. She grew up in the beautiful Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas until obtaining her B.A. from the University of Colorado. After a brief stint in the workplace, Cheryl focused on earning a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Along the way she met her husband Mike and had the first of their two children, Ashley. Postdoctoral training took her to North Carolina, where she was a Staff Fellow at NIEHS. In anticipation of having another child, Cheryl help found an on-site day care center at NIEHS, ¿First Environments¿, in time for the birth of her second child Christopher. First Environments continues to provide outstanding day-care to NIEHS and EPA employees in the Research Triangle Park, and Cheryl is as proud of this accomplishment as any of those in the scientific arena. After acquiring independence as a principal investigator at the CIIT Centers for Health Research, she was recruited to MD Anderson Cancer Center and back to Texas, which still felt like home to her family. Since joining MD Anderson, Cheryl has held appointments from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Board of Scientific Councilors of the N...Expand for more