The Research Evangelist

The Research Evangelist

The Greek meaning of evangelist is "bringing the good news" In this podcast, patient advocate and lung cancer survivor Dave Bjork brings the good news by serving up stories about the good people in life sciences who are doing amazing work in lung cancer research and care. He calls them “brilliant but not famous." But they are all well known and respected in their field among their peers. From academic researchers to lung cancer clinicians, hear about their work but also their personal stories and passions. Life science is full of really good people who care. Hear their stories.

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September 25, 2025 36 mins

On today’s episode, meet Dr. Fawzi Abu Rous, a thoracic medical oncologist at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Abu Rous earned his MD from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at Michigan State University and graduated from his Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at Henry Ford Health.

Dr. Abu Rous conducts research on lung cancer, specializing in developing biomarkers to guide tr...

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 On today's episode meet Dr. Hina Khan. Dr. Khan is a medical oncologist who specializes in thoracic cancers and is an Assistant Professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She practices at Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport hospitals and she is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and oncology. Dr. Khan received her medical degree from the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, did her residenc...

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On today's episode meet Lori Sakoda. Lori is a research scientist in the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and Associate Professor of Health Systems Science at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School Of Medicine. Her research interests currently encompass identifying genetic and environmental determinants of risk in prognoses for cancer, particularly of lung cancer. Lori received her Master o...

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On today's episode meet Dr. Joshua Bauml. Dr. Bauml is the Lung Cancer Disease Area Stronghold Leader at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine...

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On today’s episode, meet Biljana Naumovic. Biljana is the President of U.S. Oncology, Solid Tumor at  Johnson & Johnson, where she is spearheading innovative cancer  treatments and advocating for equity in healthcare.  

She is committed to advancing the  organization’s solid tumor portfolio and pipeline, spanning prostate,  bladder, and lung cancer, as well as multiple novel treatment pathways.  Biljana is passionately focused o...

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