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Forero-Torres named to breast cancer research endowed professorship

by Beena Thannickal

February 06, 2012
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Forero-Torres will be the first holder of a professorship position endowed by the O'Neal-Sokol Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.

andres_forero_story The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the O’Neal-Sokol Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama Endowed Professorship and appointed Andres Forero-Torres, M.D., its first holder during its meeting Feb. 3, 2012. Forero-Torres joined the faculty of UAB in 2001.

He is a professor of Medicine in Division of Hematology/Clinical Oncology the director of Clinical Protocols and Data Management Shared Facility and Senior Scientist in the Experimental Therapeutics Program in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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