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Collaborating To Improve Cancer Care

Scot Walker '90 July 26, 2016 8:50 AM updated: July 26, 2016 9:09 AM

The National Science Foundation, Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, A&M's School of Public Health, a professor at Mays Business School, and a former student in private industry are all collaborating to improve cancer care.

“I’m very excited about this collaboration,” said Bita Kash, director of the NSF Center for Health Organization Transformation and associate professor at the Texas A&M School of Public Health who is leading the university side of the effort. “I think it’s unique to have such a multidisciplinary group working on a single project, but you will see more of this type of collaboration—especially the involvement with industry partners—as time goes on.”

“In the current system, even the best cancer care is somewhat fragmented,” Kash said. “So, we’re interested in what cancer care will look like if representatives from the diagnostic, treatment and survivorship teams all came together to create a ‘dream team’ that would communicate and coordinate directly with the patient and his or her family."

Read more about this collaborative effort in a story by Christina Sumners '11 on the A&M Health Science Center’s Vital Record website.



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