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Susan Hankinson to Lead Working Group of the American Association for Cancer Research

Sue Hankinson_croppedSusan E. Hankinson, professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was named chair-elect of the Molecular Epidemiology Working Group of the American Association for Cancer Research. The working group has about 500 members and includes scientists and clinicians from relevant disciplines who are interested in working together to increase knowledge about cancer and chronic disease etiology, thereby promoting the cure and prevention of cancer and the improvement of public health.

Professor Hankinson’s research focuses on the prevention of breast cancer. She joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 2011 after teaching at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Hankinson is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine, where she majored in nursing. She holds a master’s degree in epidemiology and a master of public health degree from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health

 

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