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, Breast Cancer
Area of Interest
Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, professor of Epidemiology with joint appointment in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, leads the CBCS3 project with Shelton Earp, MD, director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is co-leader of the UNC Lineberger Center Scientific Program in Cancer Epidemiology and the 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 been leading Carolina Breast Cancer Study molecular research since 2012 and has more than a decade of experience working with genomic data and molecular biology of breast cancer risk and progression.
News and Stories
UNC researchers awarded up to $10M to leverage data science to accelerate cancer diagnosis and optimize delivery of precision oncology
A team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers has received nearly $10 million in funding to develop the Cancer Identification and Precision Oncology Center.
Komen grant supports Troester’s study of immune response in diverse breast cancers
Susan G. Komen® has awarded Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, a two-year, $200,000 leadership grant to support her investigations of the clinical impact of spatial heterogeneity in a tumor.
