Fergus Couch, Ph.D., Awarded Breast Cancer Research Foundation Grant

By April Josselyn • September 1, 2017

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The Breast Cancer Research Foundation has awarded a research grant to Fergus Couch, Ph.D., for his research proposal, “Inherited Genetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer.” Dr. Couch will receive $250,000 to use toward his research efforts between October of this year and October 2018.

About Dr. Fergus Couch
Dr. Couch serves as Chair of the Division of Experimental Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and holds the academic rank of Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences. He is jointly appointed in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Department of Health Sciences Research.

Dr. Couch has received numerous awards including the Zbigniew and Anna M. Scheller Professorship of Medical Research and the 2013 Mayo Clinic Investigator of the Year. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed research manuscripts focused mainly on characterizing genetic risk factors for breast and pancreatic cancer.

April Josselyn

April Josselyn is a Marketing Channel Manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She has worked at Mayo Clinic since 2012. Outside of work, April enjoys the outdoors and being "hockey mom" for her two sports-crazed boys.