Ahmedin Jemal

Last updated
Ahmedin Jemal
Born
Ahmedin Muktar Jemal
CitizenshipAmerican
Education
Scientific career
Fields Cancer epidemiology
Institutions American Cancer Society
Thesis Identification and Quantification of S-(2-(N(7)-Guanyl)ethyl)glutathione DNA Adduct in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) After Exposure to 1,2-Dichloroethane  (1997)
Doctoral advisor Martin E. Hugh-Jones

Ahmedin Muktar Jemal is an American cancer epidemiologist who serves as senior vice president of the Surveillance & Health Equity Science Department of the American Cancer Society. [1] He has been researching racial differences in lung cancer rates since the mid-1990s, when he was a fellow at the National Cancer Institute. [2]

References

  1. "Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD". American Cancer Society Researchers. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. Stout, Molly (2020-08-21). "Racial disparities among lung cancer diagnoses have nearly vanished, new study finds". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-03-13.