Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center names program co-leader
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Terry Hyslop, PhD, has been named co-leader of the cancer risk and control program at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
Hyslop most recently served as professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke Cancer Institute. She previously served as director of the biostatistics division at Jefferson.
“I am ecstatic that [Hyslop] will rejoin the cancer center as the co-leader of the cancer risk and control program. She is known for her expertise focused on disparities and health equity in cancer, which will enhance the depth and breadth of [Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC)] and create unique opportunities to strengthen our consortium relationship [with Drexel University], as well as broaden our mentorship capabilities,” Andrew Chapman, DO, cancer center director and executive vice president of oncology services at Jefferson Health, said in a press release.
Hyslop led several projects at Duke and will bring two new ones to Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. One focuses on developing a modeling framework that links immune signaling and social and environmental determinants of health in a study of metastatic breast cancer. The other is designed to develop a “cells to society” model of disparities in gastric cancer.
Hyslop also will lead the newly formed SKCC Center for Health Equity.
“This center will look to address the needs of our catchment area and span the cancer continuum with a focus on prevention to survivorship, incorporating studies of obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic health, aging, smoking and other risk behaviors, HPV prevention and many others,” Hyslop said in the release. “In particular, we will focus on the structural inequities across the social, environmental, economic and cultural determinants of health that lead to disparities in outcomes.”
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