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Scientific Advisory Committee

Learn about the highly talented scientists who are working diligently to find new methods of prevention and treatment, and eventual cures for various forms of cancer.

Jean J. Latimer, Ph.D.

Institute Director
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

jl1543@nova.edu

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Jean J. Latimer, Ph.D., is the director of the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Care and an associate professor and cancer research scientist at NSU’s College of Pharmacy. At NSU, Latimer leads a team that investigates human breast tissue for DNA damage that originates from environmental causes.

Stephen G. Grant, Ph.D.

Project Director
Professor, Public Health, Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine  

grast01@nova.edu

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Stephen Grant, Ph.D. is leading projects that incorporate his research expertise in oncology, developmental biology, DNA repair, and genetics. 

Essie Yates, M.D.

Consultant

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Fort Lauderdale, FL 

https://www.yatesinstitute.com

Dr. Yates is a board-certified plastic surgeon working collaboratively with Drs. Latimer, Zimberg, and Grant to provide reduction mammoplasty tissue from consented patients from Broward County.

 

Stephen Zimberg, M.D.

Research Advisor

M.D. Board Certified Obstetrician Gynecologist

sz312@mynsu.nova.edu

Stephen E. Zimberg is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Nova’s Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy in the Molecular Medicine and Pharmacogenomics tract and has joined Dr. Jean Latimer’s AutoNation Breast Cancer Research and Care Lab.  Dr. Zimberg currently has an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor, Affiliated, Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Nova Southeastern University School of Allopathic Medicine.

Carol Murphy, M.D.

Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist

cmurphy@nova.edu

Dr. Carol Murphy is a Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist working collaboratively with Drs. Latimer, Zimberg, Grant and Simmons to assist in the ongoing breast cancer research projects being conducted at the NSU AutoNation Institute.

Jose V. Lopez, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, NSU's Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

joslo@nova.edu

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Joe V. Lopez, Ph.D. is does groundbreaking research in genomics, molecular biology, systematics and microbiological research.

Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

lnathanson@nova.edu

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Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D. is an expert in bioinformatics, systems biology, molecular biology and biochemistry.

Jaime Tartar, Ph.D.

Professor Research Director, College of Psychology

Professor 
Research Director, College of Psychology

tartar@nova.edu 

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Jaime Tartar, Ph.D. specializes in behavioral neuroscience, with research expertise  in many areas of neuroscience from clinical neurological impairments to basic cell physiology.

Thomas Temple, M.D.

Consultant
Orthopedic Oncology,  Orthopedic Surgery, University of Miami

https://doctors.umiamihealth.org/provider/H.+Thomas+Temple/2000935

 

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H. Thomas Temple, M.D. has a long-established reputation as a successful surgeon and researcher. His clinical interests are novel treatment of benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors in children and adults, tissue transplantation and complex limb reconstruction. His research interests are stem cell applications in bone and cartilage regeneration, tissue banking and developing targeted therapies for sarcomas.

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