Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH is a Physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, an Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a clinical translational investigator with a focus on developing novel diagnostics for patients with breast cancer. Dr. Parsons’ specific research interest is in how genomics-based biomarkers and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) – tumor-derived DNA found in the plasma – can be used in caring for breast cancer patients. She has led studies in both metastatic and early stage disease investigating the use of ctDNA as a biomarker in breast cancer. Dr. Parsons’ research is supported by an NCI K08 Award, by the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Gateway Foundation for Cancer Research. She is the recipient of a Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award.
Dr. Parsons is a graduate of Dartmouth College and has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine, where she was inducted into the AOA Honor Medical Society. She was then an Osler Medicine resident in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
PUMA Biotechnology (Individual(s) Involved: Self; Clinical Condition: Breast Cancer): Grant/Research Support
Thursday, April 28, 2022
12:30 PM – 1:35 PM
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12:35 PM – 12:55 PM
Thursday, April 28, 2022
1:15 PM – 1:35 PM