Ana Soto to Speak at UVM (2011)
Update: This event occurred in 2011. For more information about Ana Soto, please visit the Tufts website
Ana Soto to Speak at UVM
Thursday March, 31st, 2011 @ 4pm
Carpenter Auditorium, UVM Campus
Given Building E131
We’ve been sharing a lot of information with you on environmental health recently. Well here is your opportunity to hear it FIRST hand, from one of the leading researchers in the field, Dr. Ana Soto, an amazing woman and a pioneer in the field.
Ana Soto, M.D., is Professor of Cell Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Cancer Development at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, U.K. Dr. Soto was one of the earliest investigators of endocrine disruption and its role in the development of cancer, and was one of twenty scientists at the 1991 Wingspread Conference who developed the term "endocrine disruptors.” Her research interests include the mechanisms of steroid hormone action, control of cell proliferation, breast and prostate neoplasias, and endocrine disruptors, including Bisphenol-A (BPA). She is now using animal models, 3D tissue cultures, and mathematical modeling to study the role of stroma-epithelium interactions in carcinogenesis and in tumor regression
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Tags: BPA, breast cancer, chemicals, environmental health, plastic, reproductive health, toxins