Janice L. Walker

Janice L. Walker, PhD, serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine within the College of Life Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Her office is located at Jefferson Alumni Hall, 1020 Locust Street, Room 571 JAH, Philadelphia, PA 19107, with a direct contact number of 215-503-5903.

Her research program centers on fibrotic disease mechanisms, particularly Posterior Capsule Opacification (PCO) following cataract surgery. She investigates mesenchymal cell precursors in injury response, collective cell migration/invasion dynamics, and their critical roles in cancer metastasis. Additional expertise spans wound healing molecular signatures, chromatin structural regulation in fibrosis, and isoform-specific PI3K signaling in cellular migration processes.

While specific awards and student mentorship details are not documented in the source material, her active publication record—evidenced by Scopus-profiled work in fibrosis, genomic medicine, and cell biology—demonstrates significant contributions to understanding pathological fibrosis and metastatic progression.