Louis in radiation oncology and cancer biology on the physician scientist track. She completed graduate and medical school at the University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine finishing with her M.D. and Ph.D. She finished her residency training at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. During residency she successfully funded her research interests from multiple internal and external funding sources. Her research interests include the clinical and molecular behavior of squamous cell carcinomas in an attempt to influence diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. She will be delivering a talk titled: