Department of Defense Concept Award for Pathology Breast Cancer Research

Assistant Professor of Pathology Peng Lee, M.D., Ph.D., was recently awarded funding through a Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Concept Award for his study of the androgen receptor coactivator p44 in breast cancer growth and invasion. The concept awards, offered through congressionally mandated medical research funds, are intended to encourage "innovative research that will foster new directions" and to fund projects that have "the potential to make a significant impact" in the field of breast cancer research.