Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, every year in October, highlights the importance of education, early detection and research to improve patient outcomes. Experts at UT Austin can provide commentary and insight based on years of research and work in the field.
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Research
Amy Brock
Professor
, Biomedical Engineering
, Cockrell School of Engineering
, amy.brock@utexas.edu
Amy Brock's lab is focused on understanding cancer as a complex biological system. Her research interests include, cancer systems biology, heterogeneity and cell state plasticity, gene regulatory networks, chemotherapy drug resistance and normal differentiation and differentiation therapy.
Media Contact: Nat Levy, nat.levy@utexas.edu, 512-471-2129
Kimberly Brown
Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Associate Chair of Education
, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
, Dell Medical School
, kimberly.brown@austin.utexas.edu
Kimberly Brown, MD, FACS, is a surgical oncologist in UT Medicine's Surgical Oncology Clinic. She specializes in tumors of the breast and skin. Additionally, Dr. Brown is a professor and serves as the Associate Chair of Education for the Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at The University of Texas at Austin.
Media Contact: Mary Kincy Cope, mary.cope@austin.utexas.edu,
Nichole Rylander
Professor
, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
, mnr@austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: Bioheat transfer; Nanomedicine; Biomedical optics; Tissue regeneration; Cancer engineering
Thomas Yankeelov
Director of Cancer Imaging Research
, LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes
, Dell Medical School
+1 512 417 1733, thomas.yankeelov@utexas.edu
Media Contact: Mary Kincy Cope, mary.cope@austin.utexas.edu,
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