Onder Albayram, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cancer Focus
Aging and Cancer, Meningeal Lymphatics and Tumor Microenvironment
Research Program
Research Interest
My research program centers on Aging and Cancer, with a particular emphasis on brain tumor biology and metabolism-driven mechanisms regulating the tumor microenvironment, neurovascular dysfunction, and meningeal lymphatic signaling.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2025-Present: Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2020-Present: Principal Investigator, Ralph H. Johnson Department Of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC
2019-2025: Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Education
Postdoc
June 2019
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
PhD
June 2014
Neurobiology
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
MSc
June 2009
Neuropharmacology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
BS
June 2006
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Halic University, Istanbul, Turkey