Speaker

Dr. Hershman is an American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology with Tenure at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, and Deputy Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has developed nationally recognized expertise in cancer care delivery, late-effects of cancer therapy, health outcomes and health disparities research. She has received research funding from the NCI, American Cancer Society, ASCO, Department of Defense, Susan Komen Foundation, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She has mentored numerous faculty members who have been granted mentored career development awards.  She has a strong publication record with over 600 papers and including many in high profile journals, with many receiving national press coverage.

She has several national leadership roles in oncology. She is a Group Chair of the SWOG Cancer Research Network. She is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Hershman has received several awards including the highly prestigious Advanced Clinical Research Award in Breast Cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, a Conquer Cancer Foundation Research Professorship in Breast Cancer Comparative Effectiveness Research, the Advanced Medical Achievement Award from the Avon Foundation., and she is a Komen Scholar. She is an MPI on a NCI T32 and a K12 training grant and was awarded the CUIMC Mentor of the year award as well as the Conquer Cancer Foundation Women who Conquer Cancer Mentorship Award.