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Paola Rizzo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology Breast Cancer Basic Science Program Cancer Immunology Research Program
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
(888) LUHS-888 |
Education
- Undergraduate:
University of the Studies of Naples Federico II
Naples, Italy
Biology, 1989
- Visiting Fellow:
National Institutes of Health
Laboratory of Chemical Biology
Bethesda, Maryland
1989 to 1993
- Doctorate:
Biomedical and Endocrinological Sciences
University of Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy
2004
Dr. Rizzo graduated in Biology in 1989 at the University Federico II of Naples (Italy). From 1989 to 1993 Dr. Rizzo was a Visiting Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in the Laboratory of Chemical Biology investigating protein folding /protein –protein interaction and in particular the interaction between antigen and antibody under the mentorship of Dr. Hiroshi Taniuchi. In 1993 she joined the group of Dr. Michele Carbone at Loyola University Medical Center to study SV40 infection in human and the role of this virus in the pathogenesis of mesothelioma. In 2002 she moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago in the laboratory of Dr. Lucio Miele to investigate the role of the Notch proteins in human breast cancer development. She received a Doctorate in Biomedical and Endocrinological Sciences in 2004 at the University of Ferrara. In April 2005, she was recruited as a Research Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Rizzo’s research focuses on the functional relationship between the estrogen receptor and the Notch pathway in human breast cancer. Her work has shown that estradiol but not tamoxifen strongly downregulates Notch activity in human cancer cell lines. These data may lead to the development of new therapies for the treatment of human breast cancer.
Publications
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