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May 04, 2006
Dr. Carole Banka, Director, Women's Health Research, La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine, 5/3/06
Dr. Carole Banka is Associate Professor of Vascular Biology and Cancer, and Director of Women’s Health Research at La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine (LJIMM). Her research focuses on
— Modeling peri-menopause and menopause for investigating inflammation, heart disease, and obesity in females
— Examining the roles of sex steroids in mediating gender differences in heart disease and obesity
— Modeling breast cancer and non-reproductive cancers for investigating the role of estrogen on healthy host tissues
Dr. Banka has authored more than 25 publications and has been quoted in editorials in Science and The Wall Street Journal. She has been interviewed on television and radio regarding issues of women’s health. Dr. Banka has served on peer review committees for the American Heart Association (AHA) and the National Institutes of Health, and serves as a reviewer for many scientific journals.
Dr. Banka’s research has been supported by the American Association of University Women, NIH, the Department of Defense, the AHA, and the State of California. She has consulted to several pharmaceutical and biotech companies and presented her work at universities through out the U.S. as well as national and international conferences. Dr. Banka has recently been named to the writing group for the “Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women” by the AHA.
The La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine (LJIMM) was founded in 1989 as an independent nonprofit biomedical research institute focused on cancer and vascular biology. The Institute has become a center for molecular and biomedical research and training in the areas of cancer biology, molecular immunology, and vascular biology.
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