Nina Steele, PhD
Assistant Scientist & Translational Liason
Henry Ford Health
Project Title: Immune suppression and racial disparities in pancreatic cancer progression
Nina Steele’s Bio:
Dr. Nina Steele, PhD is Early-stage investigator, Assistant Scientist at Henry Ford Hospital and Pancreatic Cancer Center. Her laboratory is focused on improving outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients through researching the tumor microenvironment. She has been focused on pancreatic cancer since her postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan where I was a member of the Pancreas Disease Initiative group. She received mentoring throughout her training from several NIH funded investigators all focused on pancreatic cancer. In 2022, she joined the Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center (HFPCC) to start her own lab as an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Surgery. As one of 5 Principal Investigators in the center, she collaboratively works with the clinic on several translational projects. The diverse patient population and high-volume clinic in Detroit provide a unique opportunity for her lab to conduct high impact disparities research, some of which she has already started.