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Judy Garber

Professor Judy E. Garber

Scientific Committee
Susan F. Smith Chair and Chief of the Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention / Professor of Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School
US

Meet Judy Garber, Vice-chair of the Scientific Committee

Professor Judy E. Garber is a leader in clinical cancer genetics, with a special focus on the prevention and treatment of breast cancer in people who have a higher genetic risk of developing the disease. She has played a major role in the development of national guidelines for cancer genetics, including how high-risk people, particularly those with BRCA mutations, should be supported and treated.   

Judy is a past President and current Member of the Foundation Board of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a Fellow of the AACR Academy. She serves as the Scientific Director of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and was elected into the National Academy of Medicine in 2013. She also previously served on the National Cancer Advisory Board for the National Cancer Institute.  

Scientific Committee