Andrew Ewald
Dr. Andrew Ewald studies how cells build organs and how these processes contribute to cancer metastasis. His lab recently identified a unique class of breast cancer cells that lead invasion into surrounding tissues—a key first step in metastasis. Ongoing research explores whether these cells are viable therapeutic targets. Dr. Ewald earned his undergraduate degree in physics from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular physics from Caltech. He completed postdoctoral work in mammary biology and cancer at UCSF. He joined Johns Hopkins in 2008 and is now director of the Department of Cell Biology, director of the Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology, and holds the Virginia De Acetis Professorship in Basic Cancer Research. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, Society for Developmental Biology, and American Society for Cell Biology. In 2011, he received the Morphological Sciences Award for work in epithelial morphogenesis.