Patricia E. Berg received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago (UC), her Ph.D. in microbiology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and pursued Post-Doctoral studies at UC. She is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her work centers on the BP1 gene, which she cloned, and its involvement in breast cancer. Berg’s research has been featured on network television and in the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, and Reuters among other major media, and Hillary Clinton and congressional leaders headlined an event supporting her work. Patricia E. Berg received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago (UC), her Ph.D. in microbiology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and pursued Post-Doctoral studies at UC. She is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her work centers on the BP1 gene, which she cloned, and its involvement in breast cancer. Berg’s research has been featured on network television and in the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, and Reuters among other major media, and Hillary Clinton and congressional leaders headlined an event supporting her work.

Genetics and Molecular Biology