Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Dubielecka is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and head of the Signal Transduction Lab. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and holds an adjunct appointment in the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital.

Dr. Dubielecka received her undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Wroclaw, Poland. She was a scholar of the Socrates/Erasmus Programme established by the European Commission, and trained at the University of Helsinki, Finland and at Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. Dr. Dubielecka did her postdoctoral training in the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute in New York. During her training she collaborated closely with colleagues at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany. Dr. Dubielecka received extensive training in biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, and protein chemistry. Prior to joining the faculty at Brown University, Dr. Dubielecka was a project leader in the NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Stem Cell Biology at the Roger Williams Medical Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Dubielecka has mentored undergraduate students, medical students, residents, fellows, and post-doctoral fellows.

Publications

  • Published 7/9/2019

    So EY, Sun C, Wu KQ, Driesman A, Leggett S, Isaac M, Spangler T, Dubielecka-Szczerba PM, Reginato AM, Liang OD. Lipid phosphatase SHIP-1 regulates chondrocyte hypertrophy and skeletal development. J Cell Physiol. 2020 02; 235(2):1425-1437. PMID: 31287165.

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  • Published 10/4/2018

    Zhang LX, Du J, Zhao YT, Wang J, Zhang S, Dubielecka PM, Wei L, Zhuang S, Qin G, Chin YE, Zhao TC. Transgenic overexpression of active HDAC4 in the heart attenuates cardiac function and exacerbates remodeling in infarcted myocardium. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2018 12 01; 125(6):1968-1978. PMID: 30284520.

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  • Published 1/6/2016

    Du J, Zhang L, Wang Z, Yano N, Zhao YT, Wei L, Dubielecka-Szczerba P, Liu PY, Zhuang S, Qin G, Zhao TC. Exendin-4 induces myocardial protection through MKK3 and Akt-1 in infarcted hearts. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2016 Feb 15; 310(4):C270-83. PMID: 26739490.

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  • Published 4/4/2014

    Chorzalska A, Salloum I, Shafqat H, Khan S, Marjon P, Treaba D, Schorl C, Morgan J, Bryke CR, Falanga V, Zhao TC, Reagan J, Winer E, Olszewski AJ, Al-Homsi AS, Kouttab N, Dubielecka PM. Low expression of Abelson interactor-1 is linked to acquired drug resistance in Bcr-Abl-induced leukemia. Leukemia. 2014 Nov; 28(11):2165-77. PMID: 24699303.

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  • Published 1/1/2014

    Bartos A, Dubielecka PM. The emerging role of Bcr-Abl-induced cystoskeletal remodeling in systemic persistence of leukemic stem cells. Curr Drug Deliv. 2014; 11(5):582-91. PMID: 23517626.

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Education

  • University of Wroclaw, PhD
  • University of Wroclaw, MSc
  • University of Wroclaw, BS