Scientist 'a Powerful Voice' On Cancer Moonshot Initiative

[...] recently, Beckerle, 62, was picked by Vice President Joe Biden to serve on a blue-ribbon panel as part of his campaign to cure cancer, reported the Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/2erPtuv). Biden's panel, which completed its report in September, was tasked with advising the National Cancer Advisory Board on new cancer treatments and investments in cancer research. "Having a female role model who was really a dynamic person and very passionate about biology gave me a sense that, as much as I loved biology, I had an opportunity to do something in that space," she says. After graduating, she toyed with the thought of going to medical school, but found herself "captivated by biomedical research and teaching." [...] when Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University began recruiting her for a department chair position at its medical school, she took the offer seriously. A.

 

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