67 - Dr. Angela Bradbury - Improving Communication About Cancer Genetics in an Evolving Field

This episode was done in collaboration with the American Cancer Society or ACS. May is National Cancer Research Month, and we wanted to help promote a great program they have launched called ResearcHERS. We'll share some links in the show notes, but in short, to share some words from the team, ResearcHERS empowers women to fundraise in support of women-led cancer research, but it's more than just a fundraising campaign. ResearcHERS is a movement. A sisterhood of purpose determined to sustain women-led cancer research and recognize the female trailblazers in the field. While the American Cancer Society has funded 49 researchers who have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize, none of them has been a woman...yet. Consider joining the ResearcHERS movement and help us fuel the future of women-led cancer research. In light of the collaboration and new program, we wanted to highlight the work of a prominent cancer researcher at Penn who has received funding from the program, Dr. Angela Bradbury. Dr. Bradbury’s research interests are at the intersection of cancer genetics, communication, and telemedicine. She received a BA from UVA, completed her post-bacc and MD at the University of South Carolina, and completed an internal medicine residency and heme/onc fellowship at The University of Chicago. In the episode, we spoke about what drew her to the cancer field, how she became passionate about her research topics, the evolving landscape of cancer genetics, and how it has changed, and will continue to change. These changes will be informed by exciting research, such as ACS funded work on the MyCancer Gene Platform we discuss. Lastly, Dr. Bradbury shares some advice and takeaways for those beginning an academic research career. Footnotes Dr. Bradbury’s Bio Page https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8527609 Dr. Bradbury’s Talk on “Rethinking the Traditional Office Visit” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgcFLR1CFs ResearcHERS ACS Home Page https://secure.acsevents.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=researchers_home ResearcHERs Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSeGBI8WRsM ResearcHERS Virtual Panel Discussion - Kickoff Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxk0reurPFQ