Member Biography

Tarah Ballinger, M.D.
535 Barnhill Drive
RT 461
Indianpolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 944-0920
Research Program Membership
Full member:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
IU School of Medicine
Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar in Breast Cancer Research
IU School of Medicine
Dr. Ballinger's research interests include:
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.

Fellowship - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 06/2017
Residency - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 06/2015
M.D. - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 05/2012