Author and Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee Speaks at NIH ► NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 26, 2011 - National Cancer Institute

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee delivered a special lecture titled 'Constructing a History of Cancer' at the NIH main campus on June 15. The lecture was based on his book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

Dr. Mukherjee is an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Columbia University Medical Center. His lab focuses on the biology of hematopoiesis and leukemia. He has published a number of articles in Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, the New York Times, and The New Republic.

View an excerpt of the presentation below, or view the full, hour-long lecture online.


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