Expertise

  • Detection and characterization of micrometastases in patients with epithelial tumors, including national and international clinical trials in breast and lung cancer
  • Analysis of tumor suppressor genes in human cancer
  • Molecular mechanisms of tumor progression and response to therapy
  • Molecular mechanisms of racial/ethnic variation in prostate cancer risk
  • Mechanisms of androgen independence in prostate cancer
  • Antigen, DNA and RNA retrieval in pathology specimens
  • p53 targeted therapy trial in bladder cancer, national and international clinical trial studies
  • Development of novel biosensors for protein analysis
  • Development of nanotechnology platforms for cancer applications
  • Integrated microdevice to capture and detect circulating tumor cells

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Organizational Affiliations

UMMG Department of Pathology, Miller School of Medicine, Medical Campus, University of Miami

Education

University of Chicago
1980, MD
Biology
1976, BS, University of California, Irvine
Chemistry
1976, BA, University of California, Irvine