Helen Piwnica-Worms

Helen Piwnica-Worms
Born1957 (age 66–67)
SpouseDavid R. Piwnica-Worms
Children2
Academic background
EducationBA, Biology, 1979, St. Olaf College
PhD, microbiology and immunology, 1984, Duke University School of Medicine
ThesisCharacterization of ribonucleic acids synthesized in vivo and in vitro by vesicular stomatitis virus (1984)
Academic work
InstitutionsMD Anderson Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center

Helen Margaret Piwnica-Worms (born 1957) is an American cell-cycle researcher. Since 2013, she has served as vice provost of science at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and professor in MD Anderson's Department of Cancer Biology.