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Erin Giles
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Erin Giles, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Movement Science
  • Director, Exercise Oncology Lab
  • Graduate Faculty, Movement Science

About

Dr. Erin Giles is associate professor of Movement Science at the U-M School of Kinesiology, and directs the Exercise Oncology Laboratory. She has experience using integrative, translational approaches to study the impact of obesity on metabolic health in pre-clinical models, with an emphasis on postmenopausal breast cancer. Her research is currently focused on determining how inflammation in the breast adipose and tumor microenvironment link menopausal weight gain and subsequent breast cancer risk, and using diet, exercise, and pharmacological interventions to decrease these obesity-associated comorbidities after menopause. Dr. Giles has obtained grants from the National Institutes of Health (K99/R00), American Institute for Cancer Research, and a High-Impact High-Reward grant from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas. 


 

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Areas of Interest

Mechanisms underlying the link between obesity, adipose inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and breast cancer risk and progression.

Contact

Address

SKB 3370

830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
United States

Phone

(734) 763-5269

Email

[email protected]

Classes

Course Course Title Credits Term
MOVESCI 219 Scientific Writing 3 Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
MOVESCI 449 Lab Exer Phys 1 - 3 Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
MOVESCI 649 Lab Exer Phys 1 - 3 As Arranged, Fall, Winter

News

Giles takes home Spark Idea Award in Shark Tank-style pitch contest
Movement science associate professor Erin Giles shares what it was like to present a seven-minute research pitch to a panel of judges — and win.
April 7, 2025
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