Dr. Boudreau is a graduate of the Dalhousie University in Halifax NS, Canada and received her Ph. D. from the University of Toronto. Her laboratory is investigating the role of the Homeobox (Hox) genes in the regulation of extracellular matrix remodeling during pathological angiogenesis associated with tumor growth or wound healing. At present, her laboratory is the only group to date which has conclusively demonstrated a role for this group of master transcriptional regulators during the process of neovascularization. Dr. Boudreau's duties are limited to surgical research.