Dr. Luis Carvajal-Carmona is the professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. His research group studies cancer genetic susceptibility and cancer genomics in diverse populations.

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Positions at UC Davis

• Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
• Co-Director of Community Engagement Program, Clinical and Translational Science Center
• Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Academic Diversity
• PI, Carvajal-Carmona Lab

Major Research Papers

Promotores' perspectives on the virtual adaptation of a hereditary breast cancer education program. J Genet Couns. 2023 Sep 25. Perez F, Hernandez M, Martinez A, Castaneda P, Ponce R, Gonzalez M, Martinez C, Perez A, Quino JE, Robles Garibay E, Zavala VA, Huang X, Neuhausen SL, Ziv E, Carvajal-Carmona L, Duron Y, Fejerman L. PMID: 37747056.

Advancing gastric cancer precision medicine with novel genomic screens†. J Pathol. 2023 04; 259(4):359-361. Halmai NB, Carvajal-Carmona LG. PMID: 36541926; PMCID: PMC9998346.

Cancer screening and breast cancer family history in Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latina women in California. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:1087022. Tamayo LI, Perez F, Perez A, Hernandez M, Martinez A, Huang X, Zavala VA, Ziv E, Neuhausen SL, Carvajal-Carmona LG, Duron Y, Fejerman L. PMID: 36686761; PMCID: PMC9854391.

Exome sequencing of affected duos and trios uncovers PRUNE2 as a novel prostate cancer predisposition gene. Br J Cancer. 2023 04; 128(6):1077-1085. Cardoso M, Maia S, Brandão A, Sahasrabudhe R, Lott P, Belter N, Carvajal-Carmona LG, Paulo P, Teixeira MR. PMID: 36564567; PMCID: PMC10006409.

Multiregional Sequencing Analysis Reveals Extensive Genetic Heterogeneity in Gastric Tumors from Latinos. Cancer Res Commun. 2022 11; 2(11):1487-1496. Toal TW, Estrada-Florez AP, Polanco-Echeverry GM, Sahasrabudhe RM, Lott PC, Suarez-Olaya JJ, Guevara-Tique AA, Rocha S, Morales-Arana A, Castro-Valencia F, Urayama S, Kirane A, Wei D, Rios-Sarabia N, Medrano R, Mantilla A, Echeverry de Polanco M, Torres J, Bohorquez-