Women who have had multiple full-term pregnancies are in part protected against the development of breast cancer compared to women who have no history of pregnancy. Join A/Prof Kara Britt in this Grand Round to learn how pregnancy induced tissue-resident memory T cells can protect against breast cancer and what is recruiting them.
A/Prof Britt obtained her PhD from Monash University working on female reproductive endocrinology. She undertook a CJ Martin fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research (UK) under the mentorship of Alan Ashworth and Matthew Smalley where she began working on breast cancer. Her work has helped define why women in today’s society have an increased incidence of breast cancer. Her lab has been instrumental in developing pre-clinical models for prevention-based research.
A/Prof Britt has held Early and Mid-Career Victorian Cancer Agency Fellowships and a National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) Early Career fellowship. Her work has been supported by NHMRC, Equity Trustees, NBCF, and the Basser Centre (USA).
