Biography

The laboratory of Dr. Dean Edwards research has been funded by NIH grants for over 28 years in the areas of the biology and mechanism of action of steroid hormone receptors in normal mammary gland development and in breast cancer. Since the inception of the NCI-designated Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at BCM in 2006, Dr. Edwards has directed the Proteomics Shared Resource, has served as Associate Director for Research Infrastructure and is a member of the Cancer Center Executive Committee. Dr. Edwards is also PI of a CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute) supported Cancer Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility.