Kathryn N. Becker, PhD (she/her/hers)

Medical Student
The University of Toledo College of Medicine

Kathyrn N. Becker, Ph.D.
M.D. Candidate - Class of 2024
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
KNBeckerPhD@gmail.com
Twitter: @kn_becker
Instagram: @kn_becker
NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kathryn.becker.1/bibliography/public/
Neurosurgery Match 2024

My current research interests are in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience with an emphasis on translational investigations of tumor progression and therapy resistance in tumors of the central nervous system. I am particularly curious about how this may lead to emerging intersections between the fields of neurosurgical oncology and functional neurosurgery.

Poster(s):

• Small-molecule Mediated Activation of Mdia Formins Triggers Global Changes in Serine/threonine Kinase Activity Before Glioblastoma Tumor Microtube Collapse
  Friday, April 21, 2023

• The Incidence of Primary Tumors of the Brain and Meninges Amongst Inpatients with Parkinson's Disease in the United States
  Friday, April 21, 2023