Education:

• Harvard Medical School, Cell Signaling, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000
• Tufts University School of Medicine, Biochemistry, Ph.D., 1995
• University of Massachusetts, Chemistry/Biochemistry, B.S., 1990

Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Co-Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program

Research Interests:

Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Cell biology, Molecular medicine, Signal transduction, Gene regulation

Research Summary:

Receptor tyrosine kinases in breast tumor progression and therapeutic resistance. Tumor suppressors and oncogenes in breast cancer. Mouse models of breast cancer. Impact of psychosocial stress on breast tumor initiation, progression, regression and recurrence.

Courses/Teaching:

• 192 Internship in Biological Chemistry
• 198 Group Study
• 199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates
• 299 Graduate Research
• 410A Molecular and Cell Biology
• 499 Research
• BCM 410A Molecular and Cellular Biology
• IMD 405 Metabolism, Endocrinology, Reproduction and Nutrition
• MDS 430 Applications of Medical Principles Fall,Spring
• Special Study Modules

Lab Members:

Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator), Francisco Mercado (graduate student), Hanine Rafidi (graduate student), Catalina Simion (graduate student), Maria Prieto (graduate student), Sheryl Krig, Ph.D. (project scientist), Michael Astudilio (undergraduate researcher)

Funding Sources: National Institutes of Health, DoD Breast Cancer Research Program
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