Nancy E. Davidson Explained

Workplaces:	Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Alma Mater:	Harvard Medical School Wellesley College
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Nancy E. Davidson is the executive director and president of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, senior vice president, director of clinical oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and head of the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.^{[1] [2] [3]} She focuses her research on breast cancer treatments and the genes that are mutated in various forms of breast cancer.^[4] She was president of American Association for Cancer Research from 2015 to 2016 and president of American Society of Clinical Oncology from 2007 to 2008.^[5]

Davidson received her BA from Wellesley College in 1975 and her MD from Harvard Medical School in 1979. She did a medical internship at University of Pennsylvania Hospital followed by a residency in internal medicine from 1980-1982. She then worked as a medical staff fellow at the National Cancer Institute from 1982 to 1985.

She was director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute from March 2009 to December 2016,^[6] when she became executive director of clinical oncology at the Fred Hutch/UW Cancer Consortium, senior vice president, member and director of the Clinical Research Division, and professor and head of the Division of Medical Oncology at University of Washington School of Medicine.^[7] She serves on the board of directors of the Ludwig Institute.^[8]

Awards

• 2008, recipient, AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Award
• 2008, recipient, Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Science, National Cancer Institute
• 2009, elected member, American College of Physicians
• 2009, recipient, Distinguished Alumna Award, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association
  • 2010, elected member, Association of American Physicians 2010, recipient, Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • 2011, elected member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences 2016, elected fellow, American College of Physicians
• 2019, elected fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nancy E. Davidson, MD - physician profile, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. www.seattlecca.org.
2. Web site: Nancy E. Davidson, MD - researcher profile, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. www.fredhutch.org.
3. Web site: Division of Medical Oncology - Department of Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine. depts.washington.edu/oncology/.
4. Web site: Nancy E. Davidson, MD - Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. www.pharmacology.us.
5. Web site: President-elect Candidate Biography: Nancy E. Davidson, MD. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150327233823/http://www.aacr.org/AboutUs/Pages/nancy-e-davidson-biography.aspx. 2015-03-27. 2020-03-06.
6. 10.4161/cbt.8.3.8101 . 8 . Nancy E. Davidson appointed new director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute . Cancer Biology & Therapy . 3 . 199. 2009 . free .
7. Web site: Dr. Nancy Davidson of U Pitt to lead clinical oncology for Fred Hutch / University of Washington Cancer Consortium. Kristen Woodward. 2016-10-10. Fred Hutch. en.
8. Web site: Nancy E. Davidson joins Board of Directors for Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. August 22, 2018. Ludwig Cancer Research. en. 3 May 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election . members.amacad.org. 2020-03-05.