Maria Dung Cao

Maria Dung Cao is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nursing, Health and laboratory science at Oslo Metropolitan University (HioF). Her research focuses on medical biochemistry, molecular diagnostics, and cancer research, particularly breast cancer metabolism and biomarker discovery. She completed her PhD in Molecular Medicine (2012) at NTNU, Norway, with a thesis on MR metabolic characterization of breast cancer treatment effects.

Her educational background includes a Master’s in Molecular Medicine (NTNU, 2008) and a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Science (HiØ, 2004). She has conducted research stays at Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Huddersfield University (UK).

Key research interests include:

• Breast cancer metabolomics and metabolic profiling
• Choline phospholipid metabolism pathways
• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) applications
• Epigenetic biomarkers in oncology
• Therapeutic target identification in cancer

Recent work emphasizes metabolic response prediction to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and biomarker validation for treatment outcomes. Her publications highlight collaborations in international oncology research and translational metabolomics.

No scientific awards are listed, but her extensive publication record demonstrates impactful contributions to cancer metabolomics and diagnostic biomarker research.