Breast cancer: early detection, metastasis and male breast cancer

Cathy B. Moelans studied Biomedical Sciences and Medical Biochemistry at the University of Antwerp (UA) in Belgium from 1997-2001. After her magna cum laude graduation, she worked as academic assistant at the Department of Cell Biology and Histology of the University of Antwerp for two years. In 2005 she moved to Utrecht, The Netherlands, to become a technician and later PhD student at the Department of Pathology of the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). After obtaining her PhD in 2009, she worked as a postdoc at the same department, where she later became assistant professor. She has been a dedicated breast cancer researcher since the start of her career, she was a trainee at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US (lab of Sara Sukumar) in 2011 and received the Henny C. Dirven cure price in 2012 for her multidisciplinary breast cancer research. In 2014 she received her basic qualification in education at the University of Utrecht. From 2018-2019 she participated in the Elisabeth Steyn Parvé talent program of the University Medical Center Utrecht, a two-year program for stimulation of talented female researchers. From 2019-2022 she participated in the Teaching Scholar Program of the University Medical Center Utrecht, a program for senior academic teachers to gain more in-depth knowledge of medical education. She is currently coordinator of the elective Molecular (onco)Pathology course, a member of the Quality Assurance Assessment Committee for Biomedical Sciences, and vice-chair of the Board of Examiners of the Graduate School of Life Sciences.