Dr. Jennifer S. Carew is a Professor and the Director of Translational Research at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. She conducted her Ph.D. dissertation research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She subsequently completed her postdoctoral research fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where she investigated novel strategies to overcome drug resistance in hematological malignancies. She holds multiple patents and has received prestigious awards from the American Cancer Society, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Voelcker Foundation, and others in recognition of her work. Her major goals are identifying novel selective therapeutic targets for patients with cancer and other disorders and developing new strategies to overcome drug resistance.