Biography:
Dr. Shilpa S. Dhar is an Assistant Professor in GI Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center and a faculty member at UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Her research focuses on epigenetic regulation in gastrointestinal cancers, gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC), and esophageal adenocarcinoma, with key discoveries on histone modifiers. Driven personally by her family's experience with GAC, she integrates molecular biology and translational research, utilizing mouse models, spatial transcriptomics, and epigenomics. Dr. Dhar has authored several high-impact publications and is a dedicated mentor to trainees at all levels.
Patient-derived organoids as integrative models of tumor heterogeneity, cancer evolution, and therapeutic response