Peggy Farnham, PhD
William M. Keck Professor of Biochemistry
Vice Dean for Health and Biomedical Science Education
Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Formal Education
B.A., with Honors, Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1978
Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1982.
Thesis title: In Vitro Studies on Rho-Independent Termination of Transcription in E. coli
Academic Positions
1978-1982
1982-1983
1983-1986
1987-1992
1992-1997
1996-2001
1997-2004
2004-2010
2005-2010
2011-present
2013-2015
2014-2017
2015-present
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2021
2019-present
Ph.D. student, Yale University
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair, Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Univ. WI.
Professor (with tenure), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor (with tenure), University of California-Davis
Associate Director of Genomics, UC Davis Genome Center, Davis, CA
William Keck Endowed Professor of Biochemistry (with tenure), USC
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Co-leader: Epigenetics and Regulation Program, Norris Cancer Center
Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, USC
Interim Associate Director for Basic Science, Norris Cancer Center
Interim Director USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Director for Basic Science, Norris Cancer Center
Vice Dean of Health and Biomedical Science Education, USC
Other Professional Experience
Secretary, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Editorial Board, Genome Research
Associate Editor of Journal of Biological Chemistry
Molecular Cytology Study Section, NIH
Member, Sigma-Aldrich Scientific Advisory Board
Member, NIH Roadmap Reference Epigenome Mapping Centers
Member, NHGRI-sponsored ENCODE Consortium
Member, NIH-sponsored PsychENCODE Consortium
Member, Board of Directors; Van Andel Institute Graduate School, Grand Rapids, MI