H. Courtney Hodges

H. Courtney Hodges is an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, with adjunct faculty status in the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University. She leads a lab focused on chromatin biology, transcription regulation, and cancer epigenetics, particularly the role of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers like SWI/SNF (BAF) and disordered proteins in disease mechanisms.

• Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
• Graduate Programs in Genetics/Genomics and Cancer/Cell Biology
• Adjunct Faculty, Rice University Department of Bioengineering

Education: Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research interests include epigenomics, disordered protein interactions, chromatin dynamics, and translational applications in cancer therapy. She develops interdisciplinary methods combining epigenomic analysis, live-cell imaging, and chemical biology to study these systems.

Recent publications highlight her work on SWI/SNF-chromatin interactions, disordered protein modules in transcription, and the therapeutic potential of epigenetic and chromatin-targeting drugs. Her lab contributes to understanding signal integration in gene expression, with implications for AML, bladder cancer, and developmental disorders.

Scientific Awards:

• V Scholar Award
• Medical Research Award from Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research
• CPRIT Faculty Scholar

Advising: Mentors graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, including Eric Smith, Courtney Chambers, and Sanjay Nagaraj. Her lab is affiliated with the Texas Medical Center, enabling collaboration with clinicians and researchers across institutions. She advocates for interdisciplinary training in wet-lab and computational epigenomics.