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My husband and I were high school sweethearts when we came to the U.S. from Croatia in 1986 to pursue college degrees. In 1989, with a B.S. in biology and postgraduate training at Greenwood Genetic Center, I joined Miren at Clemson to pursue a graduate degree in microbiology. With a 3-year-old (Sven) and another on the way (Andre), we both walked across the stage of Littlejohn in 1995 to receive our Ph.Ds.
\nSince then, I have worked as a laboratory coordinator and visiting lecturer at Clemson, become a full professor at Anderson University, had two more children, established the Center for Cancer Research and survived breast cancer. I still teach in Clemson\u2019s summer science program and collaborate with Clemson researchers.
\nBecause of my experience with breast cancer, as well as my mother\u2019s, I have a passion for finding a cure. That\u2019s why I counsel newly diagnosed patients. It\u2019s why I served for many years on the board of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. It\u2019s why I travel abroad with students, even working with shamans in the Peruvian Amazon, searching for new anti-carcinogenic plant extracts. It\u2019s why I work with students at the Center for Cancer Research, trying to inspire my students and fellow researchers to collaborate, share, work together and aim for the stars.
\nIvankovic is a professor of biology and the James Henderson director of the Center for Cancer Research at Anderson University, which recently was the recipient of a grant from Coach Dabo Swinney\u2019s All In Team Foundation in support of its breast cancer research.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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