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UC Davis appoints chair of department of public health sciences
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Brad Pollock, PhD, MPH, has been named chair of the department of public health sciences at UC Davis School of Medicine.
Pollock, whose research focuses on the incidence and control of childhood and adolescent cancer, will direct a team of 35 investigators who conduct population-based studies aimed at preventing disease and shaping health policy.
Pollock previous served as founding chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics in the school of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He also is the principal investigator of a $19 million NCI grant to engage community physicians in expanding participation in cancer clinical trials, as well as research on cancer control and cancer care delivery. The grant includes a focus on underserved populations, such as Latinos, adolescents and young adults.
Pollock co-chairs the Clinical Trials Task Force for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s PCORnet national network, and he previously chaired the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design Key Function Committee of the national Clinical Translational Science Award Program.
“Dr. Pollock’s accomplishments align perfectly with our team’s mission of having a meaningful impact on health and quality of life,” Julie Freischlag, vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the school of medicine at UC Davis, said in a press release. “His success at linking multiple research methodologies with population science will guide the department to new levels of achievement as a comprehensive program with international influence.”