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