Lorida Llaci

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Rob Mitra, PhD

Undergraduate university: Arizona State University-Tempe, 2016

Enrollment year: 2019

Research summary
I am interested in using genomic tools to understand why males have a worse outcome than females in glioblastoma (GBM), although both receive the same standard of care. Addressing these sex differences can lead to better treatments for patients with GBM.

Graduate publications
Rubin JB, Abou-Antoun T, Ippolito JE, Llaci L, Marquez CT, Wong JP, Yang L. 2024 Epigenetic developmental mechanisms underlying sex differences in cancer. J Clin Invest, 134(13):e180071