PhD, MPH
Professor, Epidemiology, and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Co-Leader, UNC Lineberger Cancer Epidemiology Research Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology Research Program
Area of Interest
Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, professor of Epidemiology with joint appointment in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, leads the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. She is co-leader of the UNC Lineberger Center Scientific Program in Cancer Epidemiology and Director of the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility.
Her research focuses on biomarker development and validation, genomic methods, epidemiologic methods, and breast cancer. She has more than a decade of experience working with genomic data and molecular biology of breast cancer risk and progression.
News and Stories
UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility receives $7.7 million from NIEHS
This grant supports research and community engagement to improve environmental health and well-being for people in North Carolina and beyond, including understanding how environmental exposures contribute to cancer risk and identifying opportunities for prevention.
Troester receives Leadership Grant from Susan G. Komen
The new grant will support Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, and her recent advances in spatial biology, which helps understand how distances between cancer cells and immune cells alter breast cancer outcomes.
