Episode 126: Dr Roy Jensen - BRCA, and the University of Kansas Cancer Center

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Roy Jensen What we discuss with Dr Jensen: How he decided to go to medical school and how he chose a specialty Two of his mentors early in his career, and how he was influenced by them His research work in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes How he established a Cancer Center at the University of Kansas, and some of the work that goes into that Why he thinks being a pathologist helps him in this role The NCI designations for cancer centers and achieving his goal of Comprehensive Designation His thoughts on the future of cancer incidence Links for this episode: Health Podcast Network  LabVine Learning AGBT Precision Health Meeting The ConfLab from LabVine Dress A Med scrubs   To NCI designation through difficulty: How KU’s Roy Jensen made it happen Dr. Roy Jensen of The University of Kansas Cancer Center: Innovating to Break Cancer’s Grip University of Kansas Cancer Center   People of Pathology Podcast: Website Twitter