Professor, Assistant Department Head of Research
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, United States
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles received her DVM from the University of Tennessee in 2003. She completed an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Minnesota in 2004 and a residency in Medical Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. Dr. Robles joined the Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences Department at Texas A&M University in 2007 as a Clinical Assistant Professor, converted to a tenture track position in 2008 and was awarded tenure in 2014. She currently holds the rank of Professor and serves as the assistant department head of research. Dr. Robles' research has several main foci- bench based discovery targeting tumor initiating cells while exploiting common drugable pathways between canine and human cancers, diagnostic development in the area of nucleosomics and clinical research using dogs as a model for human pediatric cancer. Dr. Robles was recently awarded the TVMA Medical specialist of the year award and is the President of the Veterinary Cancer Society.
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Friday, June 24, 2022
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CT
