
Heather Himburg, PhD
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Locations
- Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Education
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2001
BS Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1998
Biography
Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, Cellular Therapy, Duke University, Durham, NC
Research Interests
Mitigation of hematopoietic acute radiation toxicity, role of the bone marrow microenvironment in regulating normal and malignant hematopoiesis, cancer stem cell biology
Publications
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(Zenga J, Awan MJ, Frei A, Foeckler J, Kuehn R, Kasprzak J, Massey B, Bruening J, Akakpo K, Shukla M, Wong SJ, Mathison AJ, Wendt Andrae J, Hunt B, Puzyrenko A, Jin VX, Memon AA, Villarreal Espinosa O, Chen F, Shaheduzzaman M, Kearl T, Hematti P, Himburg HA.) Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 01;16(1):5660 PMID: 40593620 PMCID: PMC12219838 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009625716 07/02/2025
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Locked Dimerized CXCL12 Exerts Radiosensitizing Effects in Head and Neck Cancer.
(Espinosa OV, Awan M, Memon AA, Frei A, Foeckler J, Kuehn R, Bruening J, Massey B, Wong S, Shukla M, Kasprzak J, Joshi A, Dwinell MB, Himburg HA, Zenga J.) Head Neck. 2025 May;47(5):1379-1391 PMID: 39722591 PMCID: PMC12040585 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85212965471 12/26/2024
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Radiation-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Hypertensive Salt-Sensitive Rats: A Feasibility Study
(An D, Kriegel A, Kumar S, Himburg H, Fish B, Klawikowski S, Rowe D, Lenarczyk M, Baker J, Ibrahim ES.) Life. June 2025;15(6) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009049617 06/01/2025
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(Bonate R, Awan MJ, Himburg HA, Wong S, Shukla M, Tarima S, Zenga J, Paulson ES.) Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2025 Jan;33:100693 PMID: 39877149 PMCID: PMC11772986 01/29/2025
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(Bonate R, Awan MJ, Himburg HA, Wong S, Shukla M, Tarima S, Zenga J, Paulson ES.) Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. January 2025;33 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85214566416 01/01/2025
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IEPA, a novel radiation countermeasure, alleviates acute radiation syndrome in rodents.
(Wesolowski R, Fish BL, Eibl M, Bähr S, Munjal Mehta S, Czajkowski MT, Gasperetti T, Orschell CM, Asang C, Singh N, Himburg HA, Pleimes D.) Int J Radiat Biol. 2025;101(1):1-14 PMID: 39531584 PMCID: PMC11698650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209667085 11/13/2024
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(Hansen C, Jagtap J, Parchur A, Sharma G, Shafiee S, Sinha S, Himburg H, Joshi A.) J Biomed Opt. 2024 Oct;29(10):106001 PMID: 39347012 PMCID: PMC11425400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205336601 09/30/2024
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(Zenga J, Himburg HA, Wong SJ, Kearl T, Hematti P, Jin VX, Memon AA, Mathison AJ, Awan MJ.) Oral Oncol. 2024 Sep;156:106947 PMID: 39009483 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198374252 07/16/2024
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Epidermal growth factor augments the self-renewal capacity of aged hematopoietic stem cells.
(Chang VY, He Y, Grohe S, Brady MR, Chan A, Kadam RS, Fang T, Pang A, Pohl K, Tran E, Li M, Kan J, Zhang Y, Lu JJ, Sasine JP, Himburg HA, Yue P, Chute JP.) iScience. 2024 Jul 19;27(7):110306 PMID: 39055915 PMCID: PMC11269946 07/26/2024
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Type I interferon signaling promotes radioresistance in head and neck cancer.
(Zenga J, Awan MJ, Frei A, Massey B, Bruening J, Shukla M, Sharma GP, Shreenivas A, Wong SJ, Zimmermann MT, Mathison AJ, Himburg HA.) Transl Cancer Res. 2024 May 31;13(5):2535-2543 PMID: 38881922 PMCID: PMC11170510 06/17/2024
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(Zenga J, Awan M, Frei A, Foeckler J, Kuehn R, Espinosa OV, Bruening J, Massey B, Wong S, Shreenivas A, Shukla M, Kasprzak J, Sun Y, Shaheduzzaman M, Chen F, Kearl T, Himburg HA.) Transl Oncol. 2024 Apr;42:101899 PMID: 38320395 PMCID: PMC10851216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184507548 02/07/2024
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(Zenga J, Himburg HA, Wong SJ, Kearl T, Hematti P, Jin VX, Memon AA, Mathison AJ, Awan MJ.) Oral Oncology. September 2024;156 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198374252 09/01/2024