Honorary Doctorates 2023: Timothy Lash (HEALTH)
Channel: Aarhus Universitet
Date: 2023-09-16

Timothy Lash is Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. He is also the associate director of Population Sciences at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, and he is the editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal Epidemiology.
Lash's research focuses on molecular biomarkers that predict cancer recurrence. Together with his team, he has developed large biobanks of tumor tissues from cancer patients, which he has connected to clinical outcomes. Timothy Lash is also interested in disparities in the quality of cancer care, especially those related to age.