Montserrat Garcia-Closas research interests include the application of biomarkers in molecular epidemiologic studies of breast, ovarian, endometrial and bladder cancers. She is a lead organizer of the International Consortium of Case-Control Studies of Bladder Cancer, http://dceg.cancer.gov/icbc/. Dr. Garcia-Closas was enthusiastically approved for tenure in mid-June and has recently been invited to be a speaker at the 2007-2008 NCI Director's Seminar Series.