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NIH funding to Craig Burd

August 2, 2021

NIH funding to Craig Burd

Craig Burd

Congratulations to Craig Burd, on the recent funding of his NIH grant entitled "Defining the role of in utero estrogenic endocrine disruption on mammary gland stiffness and breast cancer risk". One of the Burd lab's major interests is the effects of endocrine signaling on cancer development. Exposures to chemicals that mimic estrogen hormones increase the risk of a woman developing breast cancer later in life.  The lab has identified changes to the mammary gland following estrogen-like chemical exposures that are associated with breast cancer risk, and the funded research will determine how the hormone-like activity of these chemicals causes mammary gland changes and the role those changes play in increasing risk of developing cancer.

Congratulations to Craig and his team!