Dr Truica is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA and Medical Director of the Breast Program at the Penn State Cancer Institute. Her research interests include hormone modulation of breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast cancer in the geriatric population, and clinical trials with novel targeted therapies in breast cancer. She was the recipient of several grants from the National Institute of Health and the Department of Defense for breast and prostate cancer research. Dr Truica has won numerous research awards including the 2000 Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the 2000 American Association of Cancer Research Young Investigator Scholar Award, and the 2002 Vanderbilt Physician Scientist Development Award. Dr Truica is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine with specialty in oncology and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology For more than 20 years, Dr Truica has been principal investigator on numerous intergroup studies from ECOG-ACRIN, SWOG, NSABP, Alliance as well as principal investigator on numerous industry sponsored studies and several investigator initiated studies.