Jessica Scales, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Laboratory of Translational Genomics

Kevin Brown Laboratory

NCI Shady Grove | CRL/3316

240-276-6572

jessica.scales@NIH.gov

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Jessica Scales, Ph.D. (she/her), joined DCEG as a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics (LTG) in August 2023. Prior to joining DCEG, Dr. Scales earned her Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology and physiology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she investigated the signaling mechanisms and functions of G-protein-coupled receptors in melanocytes and melanoma. She was selected for the 2025 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Program

Dr. Scales is studying the genetic mechanisms of melanoma risk, including the functional characterization of susceptibility loci and genes in high-risk melanoma families under the mentorship of Kevin Brown, Ph.D., senior investigator.