Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, is the Newman Family 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 trained at Harvard, where she graduated first in her class, and at Oxford, where she was a Marshall Scholar. She brings to her research her unique perspective as a physician and social scientist to promote evidence-based intervention. Author of over 300 articles, including numerous high-impact publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, and JAMA, her research has been funded by multiple independent grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Doris Duke Foundation, and numerous other foundations. This work has had a direct impact on the policies of funding organizations, credentialing bodies, and academic institutions. Invited as a keynote speaker to many professional societies, the National Academies, the NIH, and over 50 institutions, her work is frequently featured in the popular media, including coverage by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, and national network nightly news. She has been recognized with multiple awards, membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and Fellowship in the Hastings Center, ASCO, ASTRO, and the AAWR.
