Dr. Rugo is a leader and specialist in breast cancer research and recipient of numerous awards.  She is Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), and Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.  She is Co-chair of the Triple Negative Working Group, a member of the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC), Alliance Breast Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (formerly CALGB), and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).