Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics |Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil 

Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Michigan 

“Gender Equity in Academic Medicine” 

Friday, April 6, 2018 
12:00 – 1:20 PM 
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium 

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, is Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan. She graduated first in her class from Harvard College and then pursued her medical training at Harvard Medical School. She also served as a fellow in the Center for Ethics at Harvard University and completed her doctorate in Social Policy at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. Dr. Jagsi’s medical research focuses on improving the quality of care received by breast cancer patients, both by advancing the ways in which breast cancer is treated with radiation and by advancing the understanding of patient decision-making, cost, and access to appropriate care. Her social scientific research includes research into issues of bioethics arising from cancer care and research regarding gender issues, including studies of women's representation in the medical profession. 

Lunch will be provided. RSVP recommended

 To RSVP email shielde@wharton.upenn.edu