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Doherty Lab

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Doherty Lab

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The Doherty Lab integrates molecular epidemiology and population science to advance cancer prevention and improve survival. Through transdisciplinary collaborations, their work focuses on ovarian and lung cancer, emerging exposures such as tattooing, and geographic disparities in cancer risk and outcomes.

Jen Doherty

Jennifer Doherty, PhD, MS

Principal Investigator

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Huntsman Cancer Institute
2000 Circle of Hope, Rm 4721
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Email: jen.doherty@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-5681

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University of Utah Healthcare Logo External link: (https://www.aacr.org/blog/2022/06/16/annual-meeting-2022-highlights-and-vision-for-the-future/)
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Jun 16, 2022

Annual Meeting 2022: Highlights and Vision for the Future

Highlights from the 2022 AACR Annual Meeting

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Jan 07, 2021

V Foundation Awards Two Huntsman Cancer Institute Researchers

Jennifer Doherty, PhD, MS, researcher and co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at HCI and U of U associate professor of population health sciences, received the 2020...

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University of Utah Healthcare Logo External link: (https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/news/2020/08/tumour-gene-test-could-help-predict-ovarian-cancer-prognosis)
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Aug 19, 2020

Tumour gene test could help to predict ovarian cancer prognosis

A global team of medical researchers led by UNSW have developed a test that could help to predict survival for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and pave the way towards...

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Apr 05, 2019

Cancer geneticists tackle troubling ethnic bias in studies

Multi-million efforts are underway to fill long-standing gaps in genomic data from minority groups.

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University of Utah Healthcare Logo External link: (https://medicine.utah.edu/population-health-sciences/news/2019/03/intermountain-awards-more-400k-precision-medicine-grants)
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Mar 07, 2019

Intermountain Awards More Than $400K in Precision Medicine Grants

Intermountain Precision Genomics, a program within Intermountain Healthcare, has awarded more than $400,000 in total to researchers at Stanford University, Huntsman Cancer Institute, the University of Utah School of Medicine...

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Jan 30, 2019

Cancer in Utah Report

The latest edition of Utah Cancer Registry​'s biennial report Cancer in Utah is now available.

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