Kimberly L Blackwell MD
Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology, Duke Department of Medicine, Durham, NCDr. Blackwell is the director of the Duke University breast cancer group where she supervises the clinical operations and the conduct of over 50 translational and therapeutic trials in breast cancer. She is well recognized as a national leader in early phase clinical trial design, early phase drug development, and translational biomarker development in breast cancer. She is currently a Susan G. Komen Research Scholar. She has been the principle investigator on over 40 clinical trials in metastatic breast cancer, and the co-investigator on multiple large correlative science projects. She was the principle investigator on the pre-clinical, phase 2, and phase 3 studies that led to the approval of lapatinib for the treatment of HER2 overexpressing breast cancer.
Disclosures
Kimberly L. Blackwell, MD serves as a consultant/advisory board member for Amgen Inc., Celgene Corp., Eli Lilly and Co., Genentech, USA, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Advaxis, Inc., Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Puma Biotechnology, Inc., Incyte Corp., and Sandoz, Inc.; and serves as a principal investigator where her institution receives research grant support from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Genentech, USA, and Celgene Corp.Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Practical Considerations in Managing Neutropenia in Breast Cancer
- Disparities in the Incidence and Mortality of Breast Cancer Based on Patient Subtypes: SABCS 2017
- Updates on CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy From SABCS 2017
- Clinical Updates on Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer From SABCS 2017
- ASCO 2017: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Kimberly Blackwell—Breast Cancer
- New Data on CDK 4/6 Inhibitors: An Update From SABCS 2016
- PI3K Inhibitors Data Review: How Do They Compare With CDK4/6 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, AIs and Other Classes for HR+ Breast Cancer
- Current Concepts in Managing Brain Metastases in Patients With Breast Cancer
- Kimberly Blackwell on Advances in the Management of HER2+ Patients
- Advances in Genomic Testing and Computational Biology for Breast Cancer