Dr. Tillman was a graduate scholar in the NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program in partnership with the Michigan State University and the National Cancer Institute, July 2008 - 2015.
Dr. Tillman received her B.S.A. in Animal Science from the University of Georgia (2005), her D.V.M. also from the University of Georgia (2008), and her residency certificate in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology from Michigan State University (2011). She pursued her dissertation research and training in the molecular pathology of advanced prostate cancer. Her research focused on understanding the signal transduction relating to epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and metastatic progression using the PbCre4;PTENfl/flTP53fl/fl mouse model. Members of her graduate committee were: Matti Kiupel, Dr. Med. Vet., Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologist (ACVP), Michigan State University; Kathleen Kelly, Ph.D., Laboratory of Genitourinary Cancer Pathogenesis, NCI; Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Ph.D., Michigan State University; Ingeborg Langohr, D.V.M. Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Michigan State University; Joshua Webster, Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Dr. Tillman received a First Place, Young Investigator Award, in Experimental Pathology, from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, at their November 2013 meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. "Deregulation of The Ras Signaling Axis Promotes Metastasis Via The Nfkb Pathway in The Pten-/-Tp53-/- Mouse Prostate Cancer Model".
