Research Program and Theme
Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems | Mechanistic and Quantitative Biology
Research Focus
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
- Associate Dean, Graduate College
- Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar, Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
- Associate Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Affiliate, Personalized Nutrition Initiative, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Associate Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
- Associate Professor, Center for Digital Agriculture, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
- Associate Director for Education, Cancer Center at Illinois, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
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