Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Ana C. deCarvalho, PhD, Associate Scientist, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Health (Detroit, MI); Associate Professor-Research, Dept. of Physiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI); Adjunct Associate Professor, Depts of Pharmacology and Oncology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI). Ana earned a PhD in Biology from Florida State University (2001), followed by postdoctoral fellowships in Neural Development ( Florida State University, 2001-2004) and Brain Tumor Research (Henry Ford Hospital, 2004-2006). Our research group maintains a collection of brain tumor patient-derived cancer stem cells and mouse xenografts. Our current work focuses on understanding adaptive responses to targeted inhibitors and developing strategies to target oncogenic pathways activated by gene amplification in glioblastoma models, in combination with the standard of care.
