Maxine Umeh-Garcia

Maxine Umeh Garcia

Position Title
Assistant Professor

  • Internal Medicine (School of Medicine)
Bio

My research program focuses on defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms that enable brain metastasis across cancer types, with a primary emphasis on breast cancer and planned expansion to lung cancer and melanoma.

Research Interests & Expertise
  • Mechanisms of brain metastasis in breast cancer
  • Cross-cancer mechanisms underlying brain metastasis
  • Tumor progression and metastatic adaptation in the brain microenvironment

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