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Dr. Brard began his research career with graduate studies in chemistry at Northwestern University and his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his post-doctoral fellowship, he obtained his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been at Women and Infants Hospital since 1998, first as a resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, then as a fellow in Gynecologic Oncology. In June 2005, he began his faculty appointment as assistant professor at Brown University. Shortly thereafter he was selected as a BIRCWH scholar, an NIH-funded, institutional K12 mechanism. During his scholarship he also received a NIH/NINDS R21 grant, an OCRF Foundation grant and Brown University seed grants. After completing his BIRCWH scholarship he was awarded a NIH/NCI R01 five-year grant. Dr. Brard's research is focused on such diverse areas as synthetic organic chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and biomarker discovery. Current efforts have focused on the use of both natural product and synthetic derivatives in the treatment of neuroblastoma, gynecologic, and other solid tumors.