Melissa Bondy
Melissa Bondy | |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin UTHealth School of Public Health |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer epidemiology |
| Institutions | UTHealth School of Public Health MD Anderson Cancer Center Baylor University Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Louise C. Strong |
| Other academic advisors | Patricia Happ Buffler |
Melissa Lynn Bondy is an American cancer epidemiologist serving as the chair of the department of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Life
[edit]Bondy earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975.[1] She earned a M.S. (1982) in epidemiology with a focus on environmental science and a Ph.D. (1990) in epidemiology from the UTHealth School of Public Health.[1] Her dissertation is titled, Genetic Epidemiology of Childhood Brain Tumors.[2] Louise C. Strong was her dissertation supervisor.[2] Patricia Happ Buffler was her academic advisor.[2]
From 2001 to 2013, Bondy served as the director and professor in the center for childhood cancer epidemiology and prevention at the UTHealth School of Public Health.[1] She was a professor in the department of epidemiology in the division of cancer prevention at the MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2002 to 2011.[1] From 2011 to 2016, she was a professor in the department of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.[1] She served as the section head of epidemiology and population sciences from 2016 to 2019.[1] In 2019, she became the inaugural chair and professor of the department of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University School of Medicine.[1][3]
Bondy was married to writer Morris Edelson until his death in 2017.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Bondy, Melissa L. "NIH Biosketch". Stanford University School of Medicine. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ a b c Bondy, Melissa Lynn (1990). Genetic Epidemiology of Childhood Brain Tumors (Ph.D. thesis). UTHealth School of Public Health. OCLC 22265033.
- ^ "Melissa L Bondy | Stanford Medicine". CAP Profiles (in Samoan). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "Edelson, Morris Ph.D." Wisconsin State Journal. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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- Living people
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- UTHealth School of Public Health alumni
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston faculty
- Baylor College of Medicine faculty
- Stanford University School of Medicine faculty
- Cancer epidemiologists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- American women epidemiologists
- 21st-century American biologists