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Learn about the highly talented scientists who are working diligently to find new methods of prevention and treatment, and eventual cures for various forms of cancer.
Institute Director, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy
Jean J. Latimer, Ph.D., is the director of the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast
Cancer Research and Care and an associate professor and cancer research scientist
at NSU’s College of Pharmacy. At NSU, Latimer leads a team that investigates human
breast tissue for DNA damage that originates from environmental causes. Email at jl543@nova.edu
Project Director, Professor, Public Health, Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Stephen Grant, Ph.D. is leading projects that incorporate his research expertise in
oncology, developmental biology, DNA repair, and genetics. Email at grast01@nova.edu
Consultant, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dr. Yates is a board-certified plastic surgeon working collaboratively with Drs. Latimer,
Zimberg, and Grant to provide reduction mammoplasty tissue from consented patients
from Broward County.
Research Advisor, M.D. Board Certified Obstetrician Gynecologist
Stephen E. Zimberg is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Nova’s Barry and
Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy in the Molecular Medicine and Pharmacogenomics
tract and has joined Dr. Jean Latimer’s AutoNation Breast Cancer Research and Care
Lab. Dr. Zimberg currently has an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated,
Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Nova Southeastern
University School of Allopathic Medicine. Email at sz312@mynsu.nova.edu
Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Dr. Carol Murphy is a Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist working collaboratively
with Drs. Latimer, Zimberg, Grant and Simmons to assist in the ongoing breast cancer
research projects being conducted at the NSU AutoNation Institute. Email at cmurphy@nova.edu
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, NSU's Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
Joe V. Lopez, Ph.D. is does groundbreaking research in genomics, molecular biology,
systematics and microbiological research. Email at joslo@nova.edu
Assistant Professor, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D. is an expert in bioinformatics, systems biology, molecular
biology and biochemistry. Email at lnathanson@nova.edu
Professor Research Director, College of Psychology
Jaime Tartar, Ph.D. specializes in behavioral neuroscience, with research expertise
in many areas of neuroscience from clinical neurological impairments to basic cell
physiology. Email at tartar@nova.edu
Consultant, Orthopedic Oncology, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Miami
H. Thomas Temple, M.D. has a long-established reputation as a successful surgeon and researcher. His clinical interests are novel treatment of benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors in children and adults, tissue transplantation and complex limb reconstruction. His research interests are stem cell applications in bone and cartilage regeneration, tissue banking and developing targeted therapies for sarcomas.