Judy E. Garber

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Judy E. Garber
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Judy Ellen Garber is the director of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Garber previously served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research. [1]

Garber's research focuses on DNA damage in breast cancer. [1]

Garber attended Yale School of Medicine, receiving her MD/MPH in 1981. She did her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. [2]

Garber has been the president of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber since 2010. [1] In 2011-2012, Garber served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research. She is a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board [3] and a co-scientific director of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. [4]

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  2. "Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA". www.dana-farber.org. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Judy E. Garber | Researcher". Breast Cancer Research Foundation. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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