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Dr. Bissell is an award winning scientist, who has been recognized for her lifetime contributions to the field of breast cancer research. She earned her B.SC., M.S. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Besides her work at LBNL, Dr. Bissell is also a Factulty Member at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California. She holds several patents in the area of cancer research. In 2010, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on working scientists. The Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto in Portugal has named its award given for lifetime cancer research after Dr. Bissell.