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Dawn Hershman, MD
Principal Investigator (MPI)
Principal Investigator, Project 3
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Columbia University Health Sciences
Institution
Columbia University Health Sciences
Office Address

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
United States

Primary Discipline
Medical Oncology
Breast Cancer
Population Health
Health Disparities
Medication Adherence
Dawn Hershman, MD
Principal Investigator (MPI)
Principal Investigator, Project 3
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Columbia University Health Sciences

Dr. Hershman is an American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and is the Director of Breast Oncology and co-leader of the Cancer Population Science program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University. She has also developed a comprehensive multidisciplinary program to study ways of improving cancer care delivery (CCD), reducing disparities and designing studies to improve the quality of life and quality of care in breast cancer survivors. She currently has mentored numerous faculty members who have been granted mentored career development awards, and has received the Women Who Conquer Cancer Mentorship Award and the CUIMC Mentor of the Year Award. Dr. Hershman has published over 450 scientific articles and has received several awards including the highly prestigious Advanced Clinical Research Award in Breast Cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Advanced Medical Achievement Award from the Avon Foundation and a Giants in Cancer Care Award.