Pharm.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Biography
Dr. Balko received his Pharm.D. from the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, studying Cancer Pharmacogenomics. He is currently Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His translational cancer research is focused on molecular therapeutics, onco-immunology & bioinformatics. His laboratory is focused on improving treatment outcomes in breast cancer (particularly triple-negative breast cancer) and other solid tumors through translational approaches. To accomplish this, they integrate data from genomic and molecular profiling studies with molecular biology and signal transduction methodologies to identify altered pathways in cancer, the functional consequences of these alterations, and ways to directly target them in patients to improve clinical outcomes and survival.