[1] In 2007, Fischbach joined Cornell University,[2] where she started using biomedical engineering to better understand how to treat cancer.
Fischbach uses tissue engineering to design systems that let her lab model and investigate how these interactions influence tumor cells.
She uses model systems to understand the biological strategies tumors adopt to modify bodily function, become more aggressive, and metastasize.
[5][6] Moreover, she was supported by the Human Frontier Science Program to study the impact of breast cancer on the material properties of bone.
[9] In addition, her research demonstrated that breast cancer can trigger distant bone growth, which could be a preemptive defense against metastasis.