Melinda Angus-Hill, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Melinda Angus-Hill, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator, and a member of the Cell Response and Regulation Program.

Angus-Hill is currently principal investigator of a National Cancer Institute Mentored Career Development Award, "Mouse Models of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer." Previously, she was a research associate in the Department of Human Genetics working in the laboratory of Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Capecchi, PhD, where she co-led research in molecular and clinical approaches to colon cancer precursors.

Angus-Hill received a bachelor's degree in biology from Westminster College in Salt Lake City and a PhD in oncological sciences from the University of Utah.