Patricia is the Associate Director for Experimental Therapeutics at Yale University. She is also the Principal Investigator of the National Cancer Institute/Clinical Trials Evaluation Program (NCI/CTEP) Early Therapeutics UM1 Grant for Yale University, overseeing four additional NCI-designated Cancer Center UM1 programs. She brings more than 25 years of expertise in medical oncology, drug development, and early-phase clinical trials. Prior to her Yale appointment, she served in numerous leadership roles at Wayne State University’s Barbara Karmanos Cancer Institute, most recently as Director of the Phase I Clinical Trials Program and of the Eisenberg Center for Experimental Therapeutics. Patricia was previously on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) and is currently on the Board of Scientific Council for the NCI Intramural Program.