FAU Hires Leading Breast Cancer Expert
By CRA News Service
Daniel C. Flynn, a renowned breast cancer researcher with more than 20 years experience, will lead Florida Atlantic University into a new era of innovation as its vice president of research.
He was selected after a national search that attracted 76 applicants, the university said. Flynn, who started Jan. 5, is a critical thinker with a deep background in academic scholarship, technology transfer, research integrity, research facilities oversight, faculty mentoring and student research at all levels, the university has announced.
“We are hiring stellar faculty whose mere presence will be game-changers for the university, and their association with FAU will attract the best faculty and the brightest students,” said FAU President John Kelly. “We are very fortunate to have attracted such an acclaimed researcher.”
Flynn comes to South Florida from Delaware, where he is the associate dean for research at the University of Delaware, College of Health Sciences. He previously held positions as associate dean for research and economic development at the Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, Penn., and director of cancer cell biology research and graduate training programs at West Virginia University in Morgantown’s Health Science Center.
Further, he was appointed to numerous leadership roles at WVU, including director of cancer cell biology research and graduate training programs at the university’s Health Science Center. He also was deputy director of the university’s Mary Bab Randolph Cancer Center.
His studies in breast cancer focused on how changes in cellular signals can affect the start and progression of breast cancer. He also was part of a research team that discovered a protein called AFAP1, which has a potential role in breast and prostate cancer.
“FAU has very talented faculty that represent cutting-edge research in all its colleges,” Flynn said. “This is a very exciting opportunity for me personally, and I look forward to helping expand FAU’s research portfolio university-wide.”
