University of South Florida

Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program at the

Training
M.D. McGill University, Montreal,Quebec
Fellowships: Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1995-1997; Cancer Genetics, Centre for Research in Women's Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1997-Present.

Research Interests
Dr. Pal's epidemiology-based cancer genetics research has two foci: identification of individuals with genetic and environmental risk factors that place them at increased risk of developing cancer, and development of strategies to reduce this risk. Her currently active research includes studies on ovarian cancer and mismatch repair deficiency and on genetic and hormonal risk factors for breast cancer in African American women.

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Selected Publications
1. Elliot AM, Graham JM Jr, Curry CJR, Pal T, Rimoin DL, Lachman RS. The spectrum of dolichospondylic dysplasia - three new patients with distinctive findings. Am J Med Genet 2002 Dec 15;113(4):351-61.

2. Elit l, Pal T, Goshen R, Jernstrom H, Ackerman I, Fyles A, Carey M, Mitchell M, Aube J, Narod SA. Familial and hormonal risk factors for papillary serous uterine cancer. Eur J Gynaecol Oncl. 2002;23(3):187-90.

3. Thiffault I, Hamel N, Pal T, McVety S, Marcus VA, Farber D, Cowie S, Deschenes J, Meschino W, Odefrey F, Goldgar D, Graham T, Narod S, Watters AK, MacNamara E, Sart DD, Chong G, Foulkes WD. Germ-line truncating mutations in both MSH2 and BRCA2 in a single kindred. Br J Cancer. 2004 Jan 26;90(2):483-491.

4. Pal T, Sutphen R, Sellers T. Mismatch repair gene expression defects contribute to microsatellite instability in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer. 2004 Jun 1;100(11):2485-6;author reply 2486.

5. Pal T, Permuth Wey J, Holtje T, Sutphen R. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in a study of African American breast cancer patients. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 2004 Nov; 13(11 Pt 1): 1794-9.