Daniel Brooks

Email: djb286@cornell.edu

Research Focus

It has been found that breast, lung, and prostate carcinomas have an affinity to metastasize to bone and proliferate. The goal of my research is to better understand the role that biomechanical and chemical stimuli may play in the affinity of cancer cells to the bone microenvironment. I use various 2-D and 3-D cell culture techniques to study the effects that microenvironment has on the progression of cancer.

Prior to coming to Cornell I received an M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from a joint program between North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Bachelors degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Maine. My graduate research focused on testing and modeling the initial stability of cementless canine hip replacements through in vitro testing and finite element analysis.


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