Contact Information
rkimple@humonc.wisc.edu
608-263-3611 (office); 608-265-3716 (lab)
3107 WI Institute Medical Research
Education
BS, 1998, Environmental Science and Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing
PhD, 2003, Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MD, 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2010, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Cancer Biology)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2012, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Tumor Virology)
Title
Associate Professor of Human Oncology
Research Description
My research laboratory is focused on understanding why cancers don’t always respond to treatment. We use patient-derived xenografts—patient tumor samples grown in animals—to test radiation, chemotherapy and combinations of therapies to understand which characteristics of a patient’s tumor may predict response to treatment. The goal of this work is to enable more personalized treatment and to find ways to combine different treatment methods to decrease treatment side effects without reducing cure rates.
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