Dr. Shachi Mittal and two graduate students in her lab – Lisa Carr and Abishek Sankaranarayanan
– share their motivations for studying breast cancer, as well as their work to further target treatments for this disease.
"I do truly feel if I can spend my career in improving human lives, even if it is a small percentage, that will be a life well lived," Mittal says of her career at the intersections of science and medicine.
The video was filmed in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is recognized in October.
Originally published October 26, 2026