Tara L Sander, PhD
- Investigator and co-director Nucleic Acid Extraction Core, Children's Research Institute
- Scientific director of Molecular Diagnostics, Children's Wisconsin
- Associate professor, Pediatric Surgery and Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
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8915 W. Connell CourtMilwaukee, WI 53226
Overview
Division
- Pathology
- Surgery
Research interest
- Birthmarks and vascular anomalies
- Cancer
- Cell and developmental biology
- Genetic diseases/genomics
- Heart disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Medications in children
Study interests
- Molecular basis of congenital heart disease
- Endothelial cell function and vascular response to injury
- Transcriptional regulation of the tumor suppressor protein Myeloid Zinc Finger gene 1 (MZF1)
- Pharmacogenetics
- Propranolol metabolism in the pediatric population
Education
- Doctorate, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2000
- Research fellow, departments of Surgery and Pathology, Children's Wisconsin Boston, Harvard Medical School, 2003
- Fellow, MCW Clinical Research Scholars, 2009
Education and Awards
Education
Awards
- Best Poster Award, 10th Annual Chicago Signal Transduction Symposium, Northwestern University Medical School, 1997
- AACR-WICR Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award, 2000
- William Donegan Oncology Research Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006 and 2007
- AAMC Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award (accepted on behalf of WFC), 2008
- Outstanding Faculty Service, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2009