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Tuskegee veterinary medicine professor appointed to medical advisory council and awarded $100K grant for Breast Cancer Research

Contact:聽 Anissa Riley, College of Veterinary Medicine

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (May 18, 2023) 鈥� Dr. Deepa Bedi was recently appointed in early May 2023 as one of four new members to the Medical Advisory Council of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA).聽 Dr. Bedi is an associate professor in the Department Biomedical Sciences at the 快活视频 College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM). Her research focus area is triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). She will now represent the university on the council as 快活视频鈥檚 Dr. Clayton Yates has now rotated off of the BCRFA Advisory Council.

In addition, Dr. Bedi was previously awarded a grant from the BCRFA for a $100,000 competitive grant ($50,000/year for two years) for her project: Cancer genomic study to characterize genetic and epigenetic diversity of immune landscape in triple negative breast cancer in women of African ethnicity.

鈥淚 am honored to have been selected to represent the university and serve on this influential medical advisory council with the support of Dr. Ruby L. Perry, dean of the college.聽 I am also excited about receiving funds from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama and the further advancements expected in my research project which is aimed at studying oncogenic pathways in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) using sequencing and multimodal high-end imaging approaches on tumor tissues from breast cancer patients,鈥� Dr. Bedi said.

This award is part of the BCRFA鈥檚 total investment of聽$1,275,000聽in Alabama-based breast cancer research that was announced in December 2022. Grants fund 24 research projects at seven institutions across the state and Dr. Bedi鈥檚 research was one of the 24 projects recognized.聽 She was included in a previous celebration luncheon sponsored by the BCRFA in Birmingham, Alabama.

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TUCVM joins BCRFA in the excitement over the new breast cancer research Dr. Bedi is doing and looks forward to the advances in her research to be updated in November 2023 to the foundation.

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama鈥檚 (BCRFA) Medical Advisory Council is a group of volunteer scientists that assist in raising awareness for the organization鈥檚 mission, especially within the breast cancer research community, ensuring the most-promising research initiatives from across Alabama are submitted for consideration to the BCRFA upon its annual request for proposals. All experts in their field; members assist with a scientific review of the proposals received, guaranteeing that the resources invested by the BCRFA are advancing innovative, dynamic ideas.

To learn more about the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama and the funded research projects, visit .