Professor Dr. Colleen Sweeney

Biography

Colleen Sweeney is a professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Her research primarily focuses on the interplay between environmental exposures and breast cancer, with a particular interest in receptor tyrosine kinases, tumor suppressors, and oncogenes. Sweeney's work aims to understand therapeutic resistance and the use of mouse models to study breast cancer, particularly triple-negative breast cancer. She actively engages in academic instruction, serving as the course director for various graduate and medical student courses. Throughout her career, Dr. Sweeney has received multiple awards for excellence in teaching and was acknowledged for her outstanding contributions to education in the medical field. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributing significant findings to the understanding of cancer biology and treatment.

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