Breast cancer disparities

Markia Smith,PhD
Oct 16, 2020 research

I will leverage The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (CBCS) [20% and 50% black patients, respectively] to study mutational signatures and their role in breast cancer disparities. We will probe established risk factors for breast cancer. I anticipate that by investigating these relationships in a large, diverse patient population, I will identify novel associations between carcinogenic exposures and tumor biology in cancer disparities.

research data science R python Linux/Unix rmarkdown cancer genomics health disparities computational biology
Markia Smith,PhD
Markia Smith,PhD
Senior Expert II Data Science

My work uses integrative genomic approaches to study environmental and molecular determinants of cancer, leading to disparities.

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