Caryn Lerman | |
---|---|
Academic background | |
Education | BSc, psychology, 1981, University of Pennsylvania MSc, 1982, PhD, 1984, University of Southern California |
Academic work | |
Institutions | USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Pennsylvania Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Caryn E. Lerman is an American psychologist. She is the director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center through the Keck School of Medicine.
Lerman completed her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Pennsylvania State University in 1981 before moving to California and enrolling in the University of Southern California for her Master's degree and PhD. [1]
Following her PhD,Lerman joined the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center as a professor of oncology,psychiatry,and pharmacology and associate director for Cancer Control and Population Science. She left Georgetown in 2001 to become the Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Science at the Penn Cancer Center and Director of the Tobacco Research Program at the Leonard &Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute. [2] While serving in this role,Lerman studied the genetic influences on tobacco use and their implications for developing successful smoking prevention and treatment programs. In 2003,she was named the inaugural Mary W. Calkins Chair at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. [3]
In 2006,Lerman was appointed the Abramson Cancer Center’s deputy director where she led the Abramson Cancer Center’s Strategic Planning Committee. As a result,she was promoted to interim director of the Cancer Center in October 2010. [4] During this same time,Lerman was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine (then referred to as the Institute of Medicine). [5] In 2013,Lerman and colleague Robert Hornik received a federal grant to create the University of Pennsylvania's Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science. The aim of the center was designed to conduct studies to inform the regulation of tobacco products to protect public health. [6]
During her tenure at UPenn,Lerman continued to focus on the interface between neuroscience and cancer prevention. She explored how the brain’s cognitive control system could be enhanced to override behavioral habits that contribute to obesity and cancer risks. While directing the Tobacco Center,Lerman received the 2015 NCI Outstanding Investigator Award. [7] Within two years,Lerman was named the John H. Glick,MD Professor in Cancer Research and served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research,the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors,and the National Institute on Drug Abuse Advisory Council. [8]
Lerman eventually retired UPenn in 2019 [9] to join the Keck Hospital of USC as the new director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. [10] While there,she was also elected President of the Association of American Cancer Institutes. [11] Lerman was also named a Top Women Leader in Health by the Los Angeles Business Journal. [12]
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo,New York. Founded by Roswell Park in 1898,the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. The center,which conducts clinical research on cancer as well as the development new drugs,provides advanced treatment for all forms of adult and pediatric cancer,and serves as a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is currently the only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Institute designation of "comprehensive cancer center".
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California teaches and trains physicians,biomedical scientists and other healthcare professionals,conducts medical research,and treats patients. Founded in 1885,it is the second oldest medical school in California after the UCSF School of Medicine.
NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of 71 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Stephen Gould Emerson,M.D,Ph.D.,was the 13th president of Haverford College from July 1,2007,to August 10,2011. In February 2012,he was appointed Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center,and he will also hold the Clyde ’56 and Helen Wu Professorship in Immunology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) is a membership association of 102 academic and freestanding cancer research centers in the United States and Canada. AACI's membership roster consists of National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated centers and academic-based cancer research programs that receive National Institute of Health (NIH) and NCI support.
Scott E. Fraser is an American biophysicist and Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He is also the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Convergent Bioscience and Director of Science Initiatives,where he is helping to launch USC’s Initiative in Convergent Bioscience. In addition,he holds joint appointments in the Departments of Physiology and Biophysics,Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine,Pediatrics,Radiology,and Ophthalmology.
The Keck Hospital of USC,formerly USC University Hospital,is a private 401–licensed bed teaching hospital of the University of Southern California (USC). The hospital is part of the USC Keck School of Medicine,it is located on the USC Health Sciences Campus,which is adjacent to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center,east of Downtown Los Angeles.
David B. Agus is an American physician and author who serves as a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering and the Founding Director and CEO of USC’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine. He is also the cofounder of several personalized medicine companies and a contributor to CBS News on health topics.
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer center owned and operated by the University of Southern California (USC) through its Keck School of Medicine.
Mark S Humayun is a Pakistani-American ophthalmologist,engineer,scientist,inventor and academic –the only ophthalmologist elected a member of both U.S. National Academies of Medicine and Engineering. He is a university professor with joint appointments at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
The USC School of Pharmacy is the pharmacy school of the University of Southern California,originally established in 1905 as USC College of Pharmacy. In 1918,it created the four-year Bachelor of Science in pharmacy degree program. In 1950,it established the nation's first Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program. The School offers numerous dual- and joint-degree programs in such fields as law,business,public health,regulatory science,healthcare decision analysis,and gerontology. The School launched the nation's first PharmD/MBA dual degree in 1990,the first PhD in pharmaceutical economics and policy in 1994,the first professional doctorate in regulatory science in 2008,and a translational science graduate program that merges science with clinical expertise. The School is led by Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos.
Carl H. June is an American immunologist and oncologist. He is currently the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He is most well known for his research into T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. In 2020 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Elizabeth M. Jaffee is an American oncologist specializing in pancreatic cancer and immunotherapy.
Arthur W. Toga is an American neuroscientist and the director of the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) and the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute within the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He is also the Ghada Irani Chair in Neuroscience and provost professor of ophthalmology,neurology,psychiatry and the behavioral sciences,radiology and engineering.
Susan M. Domchek is an oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania,Executive Director of the Basser Center for BRCA,the Basser Professor in Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine,and Director of the Mariann and Robert MacDonald Cancer Risk Evaluation Program at Penn Medicine. She has authored more than 250 articles in scholarly journals and serves on a number of editorial review boards. In 2018,Domchek was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Marie Celeste Simon is the Arthur H. Rubenstein Professor of cell and developmental biology,the scientific director of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute,and the associate director of the Abramson Cancer Center Core Facilities,at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on cancer cell metabolism,angiogenesis,and immunology.
Monica S. Webb Hooper is an American behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist serving as deputy director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. She was a professor at Case Western Reserve University and associate director for cancer disparities research and director of the Office of Cancer Disparities Research in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Karen Glanz is an American behavioral epidemiologist. She is the George A. Weiss University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Glanz is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has been recognized as one of the world's most influential scientific minds.
Rebecca Allana Hubbard is an American biostatistician whose research interests include observational studies and the use of electronic health record data in public health analysis and decision-making,accounting for the errors in this type of data. She is a professor of biostatistics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stacey Finley is an Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Southern California. She has joint appointments in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,and is also an associate member of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.