Eileen Carpenter received her undergraduate chemical engineering degree from the Cooper Union and her combined MD/PhD from SUNY Stony Brook University through the Medical Scientist Training Program. She then joined the University of Michigan and completed her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship through their fast-track research pathway. She recently joined the faculty at the University of Michigan and has an appointment at the University of Michigan affiliate, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her clinical practice is focused on treating patients with benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas. Her research focuses on studying changes in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer to identfy new therapeutic targets to overcome chemo-refractory disease.