Deborah Andrew PhD

Dr. Deborah J. Andrew is a professor of cell biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research explores the regulation of form and function in epithelial tubes of fruit flies (Drosophila), providing insight into the mechanisms of epithelial tube morphogenesis and homeostasis in human development and disease.
Dr. Andrew received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in limnology and genetics, respectively, from the University of Central Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in molecular genetics at the University of California, San Diego, and completed her training with two postdoctoral research fellowships in developmental biology, the first at the University of Colorado and the second at Stanford University. She joined the Hopkins faculty in 1993 as an assistant professor, became an associate professor in 1999, and accepted the mantle of full professor in 2004.
She has authored or co-authored several dozen peer-reviewed publications and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Developmental Dynamics. Her research has garnered numerous awards and grants, including two ongoing NIH grants on which she serves as principal investigator.