Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences;
Distinguished Professor of Medicine;
Adjunct Professor of Public Health
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
For his seminal contributions to the understanding and reduction of cancer disparities in colorectal cancer patients resulting in improved clinical outcomes. Dr. Carethers identified a higher prevalence of Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST), a form of microsatellite instability linked to poor outcomes in African Americans with colorectal cancer. His findings have since advanced global precision medicine, informed early screening recommendations, and shaped national policies to promote equitable cancer prevention and patient care.
The AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities recognizes an investigator whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer health disparities. To learn more please visit the press release.
View Dr. Carethers’ Fellows of the AACR Academy page.
View Past Recipients.