UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 4
Etty “Tika” Benveniste, Ph.D.
Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director for Basic Research
Professor and Chair of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Alma B. Maxwell UAHSF Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research
Senior Associate Dean for Research, Administration and Development
FINDING CURES, FINDING A HOME
“The Cancer
Center is the
crown jewel of
UAB. There really
is a lot of hope
here within the
Cancer Center
and the School of
Medicine. There
is no doubt that
UAB is the place
to be.”
As associate director for basic research at the
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Etty “Tika”
Benveniste, Ph.D., is engaged in fundamental
research that keeps UAB on the cutting-edge
of cancer discoveries, and she has been leading
this charge for nearly 30 years. It’s quite an
accomplishment considering she never wanted to
move to Birmingham.
A native of Oakland, California, Dr.
Benveniste received her bachelor’s degree from
California State University, Chico, and her Ph.D.
in immu