The goal of our research is to understand why women with obesity are more likely to develop breast cancer, and to develop intervention strategies to decrease risk and improve outcomes for patients. We primarily use rodent models, but with the help of our collaborators we extend our findings to ask similar questions in women. Currently, our work is focused on understanding how weight gain and resulting inflammation during menopause increases cancer risk and progression.

• Learn more about this research at cancer.kines.umich.edu.

Dr. Giles is currently seeking a motivated Doctoral Student and/or Postdoctoral Fellow to work on preclinical studies investigating the link between menopausal weight gain, visceral adiposity, and breast cancer risk. Graduate students are being recruited to start in Fall 2024, with the potential to being working in the lab sooner if desired. Start date for a postdoctoral fellow is flexible. Learn more.