Major research interest in the Sant laboratory is to engineer three-dimensional disease microenvironments and organoids by developing novel biomaterials- and micro-/nanotechnology-based approaches. Our disease focus include breast cancer and ectopic calcifications . The major goals are: 1) to elucidate molecular mechanisms by which microenvironmental factors drive disease progression; and 2) to design therapeutic strategies to halt such progression at early stage.

Shilpa Sant, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Research Program
Translational Oncology Program (TO)
Email: sants@uic.edu