| Nancy Davidson, M.D. |
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Breast Cancer Research Professor of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD Nancy Davidson is a Breast Cancer Research Professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At Johns Hopkins, Nancy Davidson has integrated basic scientific investigation of the molecular and cellular biology of breast cancer with a nationally renowned clinical and translational program focused on new therapeutic approaches, most recently examining the role of epigenetic regulation of the estrogen receptor gene in breast cancer. She has also guided important national trials of new therapies, including the use of chemoendocrine therapy for women with pre-menopausal breast cancer. Nancy Davidson is President of the American Society for Clinical Oncology and recipient of numerous professional honors, including the American Cancer Society Research Award (1998), the American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Cancer Development Award (1988-1991), and the Susan Komen Foundation Award (1987-1988). She received her medical degree in 1979 from Harvard Medical School in Boston, completing her internal medicine training at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then went on to be a Medical Staff Fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda from 1982 to 1986, where she developed a major interest in the breast cancer field. She has been a member of the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1986.
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