Dr. Liza Makowski, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Dr. Liza Makowski, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Liza Makowski, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Obesity at UTHSC, have received $2.1 million from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine how the microbiome impacts the immune system and response to immunotherapy for an aggressive type of breast cancer called triple negative breast cancer.

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