Eileen Carpenter
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor
Michigan, 48109 United States
[email protected]

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Eileen Carpenter
Assistant Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Eileen received her undergraduate chemical engineering degree from the Cooper Union and her combined MD/PhD from SUNY Stony Brook University through the Medical Scientist Training Program. She then joined the University of Michigan and completed her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship through their fast-track research pathway. She recently joined faculty at the University of Michigan and has an appointment at the University of Michigan affiliate, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her clinical practice is focused on treating patients with benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas. In her free time, she enjoys taking care of her three kids, playing the piano, volunteering at church, /and serving on the local Little League board.

    Qualifications
    • Fellowship
      University of Michigan, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, 2020
    • Residency
      University of Michigan, Internal Medicine, 2017
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    Research Overview

    Dr. Carpenter’s recent research accomplishments include establishing a pipeline using endoscopic fine needle biopsies of pancreatic tumors for a wide variety of techniques, including single-cell RNA sequencing, mass cytometry, and organoid culture. The Carpenter lab is currently focused on extending existing pipelines to study chemoresistance using longitudinal matched samples in patients pre- and post-chemotherapy, with the goal of identifying new immunotherapeutic targets to overcome chemo-refractory disease in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Ablation of Premalignant Pancreatic Cysts and Pancreatic Cancer.
      Vargas A, Dutta P, Carpenter ES, Machicado JD. Diagnostics (Basel), 2024 Mar 6; 14 (5): DOI:10.3390/diagnostics14050564
      PMID: 38473035
    • Journal Article
      Abstract B113: Characterization of the epigenomic landscape of the human pancreas and early pancreatic neoplastic lesions
      Mills JN, Thompson J, Morales J, Kadiyala P, Elhossiny AM, Crawford H, Carpenter E, di Magliano MP, Bednar F, Benitz S. Cancer Research, 2024 Jan 16; 84 (2_Supplement): b113 - b113. DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-b113
    • Journal Article
      Notch Signaling Regulates Immunosuppressive Tumor-Associated Macrophage Function in Pancreatic Cancer.
      Yan W, Menjivar RE, Bonilla ME, Steele NG, Kemp SB, Du W, Donahue KL, Brown KL, Carpenter ES, Avritt FR, Irizarry-Negron VM, Yang S, Burns WR, Zhang Y, Pasca di Magliano M, Bednar F. Cancer Immunol Res, 2024 Jan 3; 12 (1): 91 - 106. DOI:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-23-0037
      PMID: 37931247
    • Journal Article
      Abstract PR03: Hypoxia promotes inflammatory fibroblast formation in pancreatic cancer
      Mello AM, Ngodup T, Lee Y, Donahue KL, Li J, Rao A, Carpenter ES, Crawford HC, Magliano MPD, Lee KE. Cancer Immunology Research, 2023 Dec 1; 11 (12_Supplement): pr03 - pr03. DOI:10.1158/2326-6074.tumimm23-pr03
    • Journal Article
      KRT17High/CXCL8+ tumor cells display both classical and basal features and regulate myeloid infiltration in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment.
      Carpenter ES, Kadiyala P, Elhossiny AM, Kemp SB, Li J, Steele NG, Nicolle R, Nwosu ZC, Freeman J, Dai H, Paglia D, Du W, Donahue K, Morales J, Medina-Cabrera PI, Bonilla ME, Harris L, The S, Gunchick V, Peterson N, Brown K, Mattea M, Espinoza CE, McGue J, Kabala SM, Baliira RK, Renollet NM, Mooney AG, Liu J, Bhalla S, Farida JP, Ko C, Machicado JD, Kwon RS, Wamsteker E-J, Schulman A, Anderson MA, Law R, Prabhu A, Coulombe PA, Rao A, Frankel TL, Bednar F, Shi J, Sahai V, Pasca di Magliano M. Clin Cancer Res, 2023 Oct 18; DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1421
      PMID: 37851080
    • Journal Article
      Analysis of Donor Pancreata Defines the Transcriptomic Signature and Microenvironment of Early Neoplastic Lesions.
      Carpenter ES, Elhossiny AM, Kadiyala P, Li J, McGue J, Griffith BD, Zhang Y, Edwards J, Nelson S, Lima F, Donahue KL, Du W, Bischoff AC, Alomari D, Watkoske HR, Mattea M, The S, Espinoza CE, Barrett M, Sonnenday CJ, Olden N, Chen C-T, Peterson N, Gunchick V, Sahai V, Rao A, Bednar F, Shi J, Frankel TL, Pasca di Magliano M. Cancer Discov, 2023 Jun 2; 13 (6): 1324 - 1345. DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-23-0013
      PMID: 37021392
    • Journal Article
      Uridine-derived ribose fuels glucose-restricted pancreatic cancer.
      Nwosu ZC, Ward MH, Sajjakulnukit P, Poudel P, Ragulan C, Kasperek S, Radyk M, Sutton D, Menjivar RE, Andren A, Apiz-Saab JJ, Tolstyka Z, Brown K, Lee H-J, Dzierozynski LN, He X, Ps H, Ugras J, Nyamundanda G, Zhang L, Halbrook CJ, Carpenter ES, Shi J, Shriver LP, Patti GJ, Muir A, Pasca di Magliano M, Sadanandam A, Lyssiotis CA. Nature, 2023 Jun; 618 (7963): 151 - 158. DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-06073-w
      PMID: 37198494
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Mo1137 SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASMS IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS OF GRADE OF DYSPLASIA
      Li J, Macchia J, Elhossiny A, Peterson N, Gunchick V, Mattea M, Kwon R, Machicado J, Wamsteker E-J, Schulman AR, Philips GM, Shi J, Sahai V, Carpenter E. Gastroenterology, 2023 May; 164 (6): s-770-s-771 DOI:10.1016/s0016-5085(23)02779-8
    Featured News & Stories
    Department News
    New Publication by Carpenter, ElHossiny and Kadiyala (Pasca di Magliano Lab)
    A new Publication by Carpenter, ElHossiny and Kadiyala (Pasca di Magliano Lab) was published in Cancer Discovery.
    A scientific diagram of immunofluoresence
    Department News
    Donor pancreas tissue helps define ‘new normal’ in pancreatic cancer research
    A research partnership between Michigan Medicine and Gift of Life Michigan has revealed a new pathway to understanding the progression of pancreatic cancer.