Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pathology Director of the Real-Time PCR Facility in the Molecular Pathology Research Division Cutaneous Oncology Research Program Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center (708) 327-73320 kforema@lumc.edu

Education

Dr. Foreman received her Ph.D. (Pathology/Immunology) from the University of Cincinnati and completed two post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan. In 1996, she joined the faculty of Loyola University Chicago Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Member of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center. Dr. Foreman was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001.

Research Interest

Her research focuses on Notch signaling in human malignancies, particularly breast cancer. Activated Notch is found in breast cancer tissue samples, and overexpression of Notch receptors and ligands is associated with a poor prognosis. These findings suggest Notch plays an important role in breast cancer tumorigenesis, and Dr. Foremans laboratory is working from the hypothesis that Notch signaling is a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatment. Currently, her laboratory is focused on two areas of investigation: Notch signaling and angiogenesis; Notch signaling in breast tumor initiating cells (also referred to as cancer stem cells).

Graduate Student and Resident Participation

 Dr. Foreman is actively involved in medical student, graduate student, and resident education at Loyola.


Publications

Dr. Foreman has authored over 35 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

View a partial list of Dr. Foreman's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.