Dana Frances Flavin MD, MS

Dr. Dana Frances Flavin currently holds an honorary professor title from The Leicester School of Pharmacy at De Montfort University in the UK where she teaches the pharmacology of anti-cancer nutrients and off-label drugs. She received her degree in Psychology and Chemistry from Loyola University and completed graduate school in pharmacology at Chicago Medical School. 

Four years later, she was appointed Science Assistant to the Associate Bureau Director for Toxicology at the Food and Drug Administration in Washington D.C. During this time, she researched the molecular biology of cancer and tumor promotion, investigating the application of translational medicine to potential therapies for cancer. She was then appointed Science Advisor to the President of the Nutrition Foundation and began graduate studies at Howard University in Nutrient Biochemistry under the Department of Nutrition. 

Several years later, with a Summa Cum Laude in Nutrition she moved to Germany and began her studies in medicine, and completion of her M.D. degree in Innsbruck, Austria. With a total of 37 years devoted to research, Dr. Flavin started the Foundation for Collaborative Medicine and Research in Connecticut, a non-profit organization where she shares her knowledge in the areas of medicine, pharmacology, and nutrition with patients and colleagues from around the world.