Senior Vice President
Surveillance, Prevention, & Health Equity Science
American Cancer Society;
Adjunct Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
For pioneering contributions to cancer epidemiology that have advanced understanding of cancer incidence, mortality, and disparities through integrative analyses of population-based cancer surveillance systems. Dr. Jemal’s research has quantified temporal and geographic trends in cancer burden using large-scale analyses of cancer registry, mortality, and risk factor data, identifying population-level determinants of cancer incidence, survival, and stage at diagnosis across diverse demographic groups. His work has provided critical evidence linking changes in risk factor exposure, screening uptake, and treatment advances to declines in cancer mortality and has informed strategies for cancer prevention, early detection, and population-level cancer control.
The AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship was first presented in 2006. The lectureship is intended to recognize an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of minority investigators in cancer research. To learn more, please visit the press release.
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