Name: Henson, John W.

Current MGH Appointment: Assistant Neurologist, MGH

Current HMS Appointment: Assistant Professor of Neurology, HMS

Current MGH Address: Molecular Neuro-Oncology Lab, CNY-6

Current MGH Phone #: 726-8770

E-Mail: henson@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

FAX #: 724-8769

Undergraduate Education: B.A., Biology, Southern College of Seventh-day 
Adventists

Graduate and/or Medical School: M.D., Loma Linda U. School of Medicine

Residencies and Fellowships:
Neurology, Vanderbilt U. School Med., 1985-1988
Neuro-oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Foreign Languages Spoken: no

Certification by an Americal Specialty Board: yes

Primary Specialty: Neurology

Other Specialties: Neuro-oncology

Research Interests: Cell of origin of gliomas, 

Clinical Interests: Metastatic melanoma, chemotherapy of primary brain tumors

Representative Publications:
   
1) Henson JW. Regulation of the glial-specific JC virus early promoter by 
   the transcription factor Sp1. J Biol Chem 1994 269:1046-1050. 

2) Henson JW, Schnitker BL, Correa KM, vonDeimling A, Fassbender F, Xu H-J, 
   Benedict WF, Yandell DW, Louis DN. The retinoblastoma gene in involved in 
   malignant progression of astrocytomas. Ann Neurol 1994 36:714-721. 

3) Alderson LM, Castleberg RL, Rubio MP, Schnitker BL, Louis DN, Henson JW. 
   Human gliomas with wild-type p53 express bcl-2. Cancer Res 1995 55:999-1001. 

4) Henson JW, Schnitker BL, Lee TS, McAllister J. Cell-specific activation of 
   the glial-specific JC virus promoter by large T antigen. (submitted) 

• John Lester (lester@helix.mgh.harvard.edu).