Vivienne/Facts

• Quick Bio
  • Fullname: Vivienne Matthews
  • Position: Clinical Research Professor at Prospect General Hospital and UC-Prospect Medical School
  • MIT/Harvard Alumna - She attended the Harvard and MIT Joint Health Sciences Program for her M.D. and Ph.D in Computational Biology. Her thesis dissertation focused on studying the intergenic regions of the human genome using homology.
  • Research - She is now a clinical research professor at Prospect General Hospital and UC-Prospect Medical School. She teaches classes in bioinformatics, proteomics, and is an NIH and NSF funded professor studying cancer computational biology. Her areas of focus include determining the characteristics of tumors, analyzing molecules that are deterministic in causing cancer, and understanding how the human genome relates to the causation of tumors and cancer. Are you one of her graduate students, undergraduate research assistants, or even a volunteer?
  • Startups - Rumors are she made a fortune in commercializing a technology from her alma mater.
  • Women in STEM - She often speaks at young women's events and is a staunch advocate of bringing more women into science.