Erin graduated in 1998 from Milaca High School. She spent her high school years as a

member of the National Honor Society and she earned multiple Academic Letters. She

participated in Volleyball, Basketball, Speech, and was a state entrant with the MHS

Mock Trial team.
 

Erin received her MD and PhD from the Mayo Clinic Medical Scientist Training

Program in Rochester, Minnesota. Her PhD thesis work focused on the adaptive

immune response to cancer antigens. She completed her internal medicine residency

and hematology/medical oncology fellowship at Mayo Clinic through the Clinician

Investigator Program.
 

Currently, Dr. Schenk is a physician scientist at the University of Colorado, Anschutz

Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. She is a medical oncologist who specializes in the

treatment of patients with lung cancer and leads a translational research laboratory that

investigates cancer treatment resistance in lung cancer.
 

The Schenk Lab is part of the Thoracic Oncology Research Initiative at the University

of Colorado. Dr. Schenk’s clinical and scientific efforts to improve the understanding

and treatment of lung cancer have been supported by grants from the American

Cancer Society, Break Through Cancer, Cancer League of Colorado, LUNGevity, and

the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
 

Outside of work, Erin loves exploring Colorado with her 2 sons, Grayson (8) and Alden

(5). She recently ran a 5k and is learning to drive a motorcycle.