Uloma Elvis-Offiah

PhD Student
Headshot of student, Uloma Elvis-Offiah.
ulomaelvisoffiah@arizona.edu

Documents

Uloma-Elvis-Offiah_CV.pdf

Research Advisor:

Juanita Merchant

Research Topic:

Tumor suppressor Protein, Menin; Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs); MEN1 gene; phosphorylation and post-translational modifications; EGFR and cAMP signaling pathways; nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking; gastrin gene regulation; proteasomal degradation; kinase-substrate interactions; cancer cell signaling; transcriptional repression

Selected Publications:

Duan, S., Sheriff, S., Elvis-Offiah, U. B., Witten, B. L., Sawyer, T. W., Sundaresan, S., Cierpicki, T., Grembecka, J., & Merchant, J. L. (2023). Clinically defined mutations in MEN1 alter its tumor-suppressive function through increased menin turnover. Cancer Research Communications, 3(7), 1318-1334. 

Elvis-Offiah, U. B., Duan, S., & Merchant, J. L. (2023). MENIN-mediated regulation of gastrin gene expression and its role in gastrinoma development. The FASEB Journal, 37(5), e22913. 

Elvis-Offiah, U. B., Duan, S., Sheriff, S., & Merchant, J. L. (2025). Abstract 249: EGFR activation reverses gastrin suppression by MENIN by inducing its nuclear export. Cancer Research, 85(8_Supplement_1), 249-249. 

Elvis-Offiah, U. B., Isuman, S., Johnson, M. O., Ikeh, V. G., & Agbontaen, S. (2022). Our Clear-Cut Improvement to the Impact of Mouse and Rat Models in the Research Involving Female Reproduction. In Animal Models and Experimental Research in Medicine. IntechOpen. 

 

Selected Presentations:

Elvis-Offiah, U. B., Duan, S., Sheriff, S., & Merchant, J. L. (2025). Abstract 249: EGFR activation reverses gastrin suppression by MENIN by inducing its nuclear export. Cancer Research, 85(8_Supplement_1), 249-249. 

Uloma B. Elvis-Offiah, Suzann Duan, Sulaiman Sheriff Juanita L Merchant. Poster Title: Extracellular Growth Factors Attenuate Menin Suppressive Function on Gastrin. FASEB Science Research Conference (The Gastrointestinal Epithelium Conference: Interface with the Outside World) Steamboat Springs, Colorado, September 2023.

Degrees

  • University of Benin, BS, Science Laboratory Technology, 2011
  • University of Benin, MS, Physiology, 2016

Awards

  • CRTEC Trainee Training Awards, Spring 2025
  • Herbert E. Carter Award, University of Arizona, Spring 2025
  • PS GIDP Poster Competition Award: GIDP Showcase, Fall 2023
  • CRTEC Trainee Training Awards, Fall 2023