[1] Her research focus is on sex differences and the effects they leave on medical practices, including the psychosocial adjustment women who undergo mastectomies for breast cancer in order to improve their mental and physical well being.
[2][3] Some of her work includes, but is not limited to studying the impact of implant-based breast reduction reconstruction and mastectomies on bra fit.
[5] In 1998, she earned her Bachelors of Science in Computational Biology from Carnegie Mellon University.
Two years later, she was awarded a Sharon A. Keillor Award, and $75,000, for "her exceptional leadership in biomedical engineering education and pioneering research that improves the quality of life of female cancer patients".
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