Dr. Hava Karsenty Avraham is a Research Associate Professor at the Center of Drug Discovery (CDD) at Northeastern University (Boston). Dr. Avraham has extensive experience in cancer biology, cell biology, immunology, signal transduction and in vivo mice models for cancer pathophysiology. Dr. Avraham has more than 35 years of experience in the basic science and translational research in the field of oncology, resulting in more than 140 peered reviewed publications/articles. Her current expertise is in breast cancer progression, signaling pathways, cancer metastasis, and vascular biology, with the focus on the molecular mechanisms for cancer progression and breast metastasis development in the brain.