Name:  Heather C. (Glasscock) Hatcher 

Email address:  hhatcher@wfubmc.edu 

Education:   Salem College, B.S. Biology; Medical University of South Carolina, Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology 

Advisor/Lab:   Drs. Frank and Suzy Torti/Cancer Biology 

Current Research:   Role of ferritin in regulating the response to oxidant stress and inflammation; in vivo imaging and thermal ablation of tumors using carbon nanotubes (ferrotubes)      

Publications: 
Heather Hatcher, Roy Planalp, Joonhyung Cho, Frank M. Torti, Suzy V. Torti , CURCUMIN:  From Ancient Medicine to Current Clinical Trials, CMLS, 2007, in press. 

Watson PM, Commins SP, Beiler RJ, Hatcher HC, Gettys TW., Differential regulation of leptin expression and function in A/J vs. C57BL/6J mice during diet-induced obesity., Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Aug;279(2):E356-65.

Hatcher HC, Wright NM, Chao J, Chao L, Ma JX., Kallikrein-binding protein is induced by growth hormone in the dwarf rat, FASEB J. 1999 Oct;13(13):1839-44.

Hatcher HC, Ma JX, Chao J, Chao L, Ottlecz A., Kallikrein-binding protein levels are reduced in the retinas of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1997 Mar;38(3):658-64.

Ma JX, Song Q, Hatcher HC, Crouch RK, Chao L, Chao J., Expression and cellular localization of the kallikrein-kinin system in human ocular tissues, Exp Eye Res. 1996 Jul;63(1):19-26.

Key LL Jr, Rodriguiz RM, Willi SM, Wright NM, Hatcher HC, Eyre DR, Cure JK, Griffin PP, Ries WL., Long-term treatment of osteopetrosis with recombinant human interferon gamma, N Engl J Med. 1995 Jun 15;332(24):1594-9.

Key LL Jr, Ries WL, Rodriguiz RM, Hatcher HC., Recombinant human interferon gamma therapy for osteopetrosis, J Pediatr. 1992 Jul;121(1):119-24.

Key LL Jr, Ries WL, Glasscock H, Rodriguiz R, Jaffe H., Int J Tissue React., Osteoclastic superoxide generation: taking control of bone resorption using modulators of superoxide concentrations, 1992;14(6):295-8.

Honors and Awards: 
ARVO Retina Research Foundation / Lawrence Travel Scholarship
MUSC Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Award