Faculty Profile
Dejana Braithwaite, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Member, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Box 0560
185 Berry Street, Lobby 4, Suite 5700
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel:
415 / 514-8019
Fax:
415 / 514-8150
Email:
Dr. Dejana Braithwaite received her doctorate specializing in breast cancer risk assessment and communication from Cambridge University in 2004, sponsored by a fellowship from Cancer Research UK. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in epidemiology at the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF, and in 2007 joined the faculty in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Principal Research Interests
- Breast cancer etiology and prevention in the developed world and countries in transition from developing to developed economic status
- Social and racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
Principal Teaching Activities
- Instructor, EPI214, Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Section Leader, EPI214, Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Selected University & Public Service
- Breast SPORE: How to Navigate Scientific Papers, Workshop for Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates (Instructor, 2007)
- The Breast Cancer Fund: The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls, by Sandra Steingraber, PhD (Reviewer, 2007)