Member Biography

Tarah Ballinger, MD

Phone: (317) 944-0920
Phone: (317) 944-0920, Patient issues/appointments

535 Barnhill Drive
RT 461
Indianpolis, IN 46202

Faculty appointments

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, IU School of Medicine
Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar in Breast Cancer Research, IU School of Medicine
Full member, Cancer Prevention and Control

My overarching research goal is to better understand the relationship between body composition, specifically bone and lean and fat tissue, with cancer incidence, outcomes, and side effects of cancer directed therapies, with a focus on breast cancer survivors. In particular, while a large organ system, muscle tissue is relatively underexplored in the pathogenesis of breast cancer and is affected by a large portion of our current therapies.