Zeynep Madak Erdogan

Zeynep Madak-Erdogan

Associate Director for Education, Cancer Center at Illinois

Associate Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition

Areas of Research

Breast Cancer, Cancer Survivors, Lung Cancer

Research

Madak-Erdogan improves the quality of life for postmenopausal women and breast cancer survivors by understanding how diet and nutrition affect hormone action. Her lab uses multiscale modeling of omics data from patient samples, animal models, and cell lines to understand the molecular basis of metabolic regulation by nuclear receptors and therapy resistance. Visit her research lab’s website for more information.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2009

Campus Affiliations

Select Honors and Recognitions

  • MCR Michael B. Kastan Award for Research Excellence, 2024
  • Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award, 2015
  • Bio-Serv Award in Experimental Animal Nutrition, 2019
  • Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award, 2016

Why I Study Cancer (or watch here)

A Closer Look at Zeynep Madak-Erdogan’s Research (or watch here)

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