Dr. Tiffany Lyle Featured in #31PurdueWomen

March 23, 2018

Dr. Tiffany Lyle, assistant professor of veterinary anatomic pathology, is one of 31 Purdue women spotlighted this month in a special communications effort by the Purdue Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships.

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, the Purdue University Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships is featuring 31 Purdue women researchers, including a Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty member. As part of the #31PurdueWomen social media campaign, a post published Saturday, March 17, featured Dr. Tiffany Lyle, assistant professor of veterinary anatomic pathology in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology. Dr. Lyle is studying the blood-brain barrier at a molecular level in hopes of finding new ways to increase uptake of medication in metastatic brain cancer. The blood-brain barrier prevents some substances from moving through the bloodstream into the brain, lessening the effectiveness of certain drugs.

Writer(s): Helen Thimlar, PVM Communications Intern | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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