Dr. Weicker received her diploma from the Cabrini institute of science of Italy: her Medical doctor, at the La Sapienza University of Rome (research in cardiology) and post-doctoral fellowship at Brown University Providence RI and Thomas Jefferson Philadelphia PA: in 2004 she also completed her MBA in health care administration at Alvernia College.

Dr. Weicker began her career working in research at Brown University in the hospital Rhode Island Providence, RI, for four years and then transfer to Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, PA. Her academic career has focused on education, practice, research, and publications on the p53 tumor suppressor gene, researched based on molecular aspect of cancer. She has spent a decade teaching, anatomy and physiology, Human Biology, Biology of aging, Pathophysiology and Nutrition to undergraduate students at several colleges. She recently explored the administrative aspect of Medicine for this reason she completed her MBA in Health care at Alvernia College. She continues to teach undergraduate courses in Pathophysiology and Anatomy & Physiology and writing a review book in anatomy and physiology for Prentice Hall. She held the position of assistant professor in the Department of Math/Science Biology at Alvernia College, and served as a facilitator for the Board of nursing and Student reasearch at Alvernia College. Dr. Weicker is a member of the HAPA Human Anatomy and Physiology Association, the American Medical Association.

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Expression of p53 in brain tumors.

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Biology and Cell Biology
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