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Last fall, the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) launched the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer with a goal of surfacing transformative breast cancer prevention research ideas. Dr. Hannah Lui Park was one of 10 finalists selected to present their ideas and compete in the live and live-streamed Idea Showcase and Competition on May 15th…Continue Reading Dr. Park receives award from the California Breast Cancer Research Program

We are happy to announce that we have reached our target for recruitment! Many thanks to our 400 participants who have generously donated their time and samples to the MEE Study. We are in the process of analyzing the samples and will send out personalized reports to you as soon as they become available.  🙏…Continue Reading MEE Study enrollment is now complete!

The 2019 SLAS meeting was in Washington, DC this year and did not disappoint. Companies showcased the newest and greatest tools for automated high throughput sample processing. Start-ups presented their innovations. Dr. Park served as a mentor for graduate students and post-docs. Attendees were treated to a private event at the Smithsonian, and Dr. Park…Continue Reading 2019 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting

We have only 100 more participants to recruit for the study. Then comes the fun part – sending samples out for analysis, crunching the data, and writing manuscripts for publication! Can’t wait!! More about the MEE Study here……Continue Reading MEE Study reaches 300th participant!

Rachel Lucia got to describe her poster to many fellow researchers at the 2018 American Society for Human Genetics conference held in San Diego in October. The title of her poster was “A pilot study of DNA methylation, epigenetic age, and breast cancer risk status.” The ASHG conference was a great opportunity to meet genetics…Continue Reading Ph.D. student Rachel Lucia presents poster at 2018 ASHG meeting