Healthcare Headlines: Ovarian cancer and obesity

WVPE 88.1 Elkhart/South Bend | By Shelli Harmon-Baker

Published August 2, 2023 at 11:59 AM EDT

In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity. Sharon Stack led the team of researchers and spoke with WVPE's Shelli Harmon-Baker about the study.

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Shelli Harmon-Baker

Shelli has been with WVPE since 2021 and is the News Director and local host of All Things Considered. She has been working in radio longer than she cares to admit, but has been in local radio in the area for over 20 years. Shelli has worked in Charlotte, NC, Cincinnati, OH, Louisville, KY and Long Island, NY at both music and news stations. Michiana, however, is home. (She grew up in Coloma). Shelli is married to Mark and they live in happy chaos with four dogs and three noisy parakeets in Granger. When not working, she is probably in the middle of a Netflix binge, reading, or thinking of the next way to spoil her granddaughter.

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