| Researcher |
Research Area |
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Angela R Bradbury, MD |
- Director, Margaret Dyson Family Risk Assessment Program
- Primary research focus areas are ethical dilemmas in the cancer prevention field and predictive genetic testing
- Research on how and when parents communicate their BRCA (breast cancer gene) mutation status to their children and the impact of early communication of genetic risk on children's health behaviors
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| Mary B Daly, MD, PhD |
- Program Leader
Senior Vice President, Population Science Division
- Education, risk assessment, and evaluation of screening and prevention programs for individuals with a family history of cancer through The Margaret Dyson Family Risk Assessment Program (FRAP)
- Education directed towards women with benign breast disease through The Benign Breast Registry to Assess Valid Endpoints (BeBrave) Program
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Veda N Giri, MD |
- Director, Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program
- Awarded the Special Interest Award by ACS to investigate the role of DNA mismatch repair defects in prostate cancer susceptibility
- Ongoing research into the genetic, molecular and proteomic pathways involved in cancer susceptibility, especially prostate cancer
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Andrew K Godwin, PhD |
- Director, Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Director, Biosample Repository
Member,
Medical Science Division
Member, Department of Medical Oncology
- Primary focus directed at improving the understanding of the etiology of several types of cancer and assessing molecular-targeted therapies for the treatment of these diseases. Studies primarily involve three different types of cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), ovarian, and breast
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Stuart R Lessin, MD |
- Director, Dermatology-Cutaneous Oncology Program
Senior Member, Medical Science Division
- Clinical research program established to investigate various aspects of cutaneous oncology. Skin cancers under investigation include melanoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and non-melanoma skin cancer (basal/squamous cell carcinoma)
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Neal J Meropol, MD |
- Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
Director, Gastrointestinal Tumor Risk Assessment Program (GI-TRAP) to help individuals who are at increased risk for colon and other GI cancers
- Ongoing study of new therapies and ways to improve the communication between doctors and patients to end up with the best treatment decisions
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Mary E Ropka, PhD, RN, FAAN |
- Associate Member, Population Science Division
- Research focuses on understanding the diverse and multiple decisions that individuals and families face when dealing with hereditary cancer risk (HCR)
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| Eric A. Ross, PhD
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- Senior Director, Academic Informatics
Associate Member
- Primary focus involves the use of information technology and quantitative methods in support of clinical, population and basic research
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David S Weinberg, MD, MSc |
- Chair, Department of Medicine
- Research focus on cancer prevention, especially for patients who are at average risk for gastrointestinal cancers.
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