Dr. Lyle was a graduate scholar in the NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program in partnership with the Purdue University and the National Cancer Institute, July 2009 - 2016.
Dr. Lyle received her B.S. from the University of Georgia and her D.V.M. from the University of Georgia (2008), and following graduation initiated anatomic pathology residency at Purdue University’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Following one year of residency training, Dr. Lyle enrolled in the Molecular Pathology GPP as an NCI Cancer Research Training Fellow. She completed her diagnostic pathology training and didactic coursework in 2011 and continued her research training at NCI. Her academic program advisors were Margaret A. Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Jose Ramos-Vara, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate, The European College of Veterinary Pathologists, and Stephen Lenz, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists, and Patricia Steeg, Ph.D., Head, Women's Malignancies Branch. Dr. Lyle’s research interests include breast cancer metastasis to the brain and brain microenvironment.
Dr. Lyle presented her work at the American College of Veterinary Pathologists’ November 2013 meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her presentation was titled, "Characterization Of The Brain Microenvironment Surrounding Permeable And Impermeable Lesions In A Mouse Model Of Brain Metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer".
