Alumni Information

WISE alumnae are an inspiration to all of us. In this page we will include brief profiles, news and other information on our distinguished science and engineering alumnae. For comments or contributions please contact the wise system administrator wise@phy.syr.edu.

Donna Francher

Donna has recently been promoted to Vice President, global drug development at Astra Zeneca (www.astrazeneca.com). She is working on a new drug, for the treatment of patients with follicular, medullary, anaplastic, and locally advanced and metastatic papillary thyroid cancer. ZD6474 is a unique oral therapy that selectively targets key cell signaling pathways involved in tumor growth and spread.