Dr. Luz M. Cumba García is an immunologist with 13 years of experience working at the intersection of immunology, public policy, and diplomacy. Luz is currently a policy advisor at the government relations firm Lewis-Burke, LLC, where she leverages her biomedical research background to bolster issue expertise of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Luz is a proud Puerto Rican! She recently earned her Ph.D. in Immunology from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Rochester, MN. Her thesis dissertation focused on analyzing small particles in the blood called “extracellular vesicles” shed from glioblastoma (GBM) brain tumors as “liquid biopsies” to predict tumor growth and monitor treatment outcome. More info
Talks with this Speaker
Tiny But Mighty: Decoding Brain Tumors with Extracellular Vesicles
In this Share Your Research talk, Dr. Luz Cumba García describes her thesis research on extracellular vesicles released by aggressive brain cancers. (Talk recorded in December 2020)
Audience:
- General Public
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:19:48
