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Inaugural Janice M. Bahr Lecture Series

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
The Bahr Lecture Series is supported through the generosity of Janice M. Bahr, a Professor Emerita of Animal Sciences at Illinois
Location
Funk ACES Library
Date
Dec 13, 2019   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao, Senior Principal Investigator, Reproductive Developmental Biology Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Cost
Free
Contact
Tyler Wolpert
E-Mail
wolpert1@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation

The Bahr Lecture Series is supported through the generosity of Janice M. Bahr, a Professor Emerita of Physiology at Illinois. Bahr research uses the laying hen, the only animal that gets ovarian cancer identical to the human, to develop techniques for the early detection of ovarian cancer. She evaluates the dietary influences of Indian spices, such as curcumin and ashwagandha, which have anti-inflammatory properties on the incidence and severity of ovarian cancer. She also studies how the elevation of the pituitary hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, in postmenopausal women may cause ovarian cancer.

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