Dr. Suzanne Conzen on Approaching Problems from the Micro to the Macro Level

Camilla Frost-Brewer is joined by Alumni Star and visionary translational researcher, Dr. Suzanne Conzen, who discovered the role of the stress hormone receptor, glucocorticoid receptor, in driving particularly aggressive breast cancers. Dr. Conzen, who is the Chief of the Hematology and Oncology Division at UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas, reflects on her time at UChicago where her work on nuclear hormone receptors led to improvements in cancer care—especially for underserved populations disproportionately affected by triple-negative breast cancer. She describes her encounters with serendipity and the value of looking at a problem from the micro to the macro levels. 

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