TIMOTHY LASH was named leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Andrew Miller will continue to serve as co-leader of the program. Lash succeeds Roberd “Robin” Bostick, who served as leader of the program since 2008.
Lash is a professor of epidemiology in the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; he joined the university in 2013. His research focuses on molecular biomarkers that predict cancer recurrence. He also is interested in age-related disparities in the quality of cancer care.
Earlier this year, Lash was among a select group that received the Emory 1% Award recognizing faculty whose competitive research grant application is ranked in the first percentile. Lash also serves as the editor-in-chief of Epidemiology. He previously held faculty appointments at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and Boston University’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine.
