Timothy Lash named leader of cancer prevention program at Winship Institute

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.

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