Cancer Research & Patient Care

Welcome! You are invited to explore career profiles featuring real people working in fields related to cancer research, cancer treatment, and patient care. 

Explore the career profiles below, organized alphabetically by job category. Check back regularly, as new profiles are added each month. Make sure to check out the Becoming the Next Cancer Researcher or Clinician section for information on how to pursue these types of careers. 

These people work across many disciplines of science, social sciences, medicine, and healthcare. They represent a variety of career and educational pathways, diverse backgrounds, and various career stages. They work for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, and other organizations based in Washington State. Some work with adult patients, others with pediatric patients (children and adolescents) and their families.

Image credit: Cancer cells, National Cancer Institute, 1987, from Wikipedia.

This Google Site is aligned to the curriculum unit, Intro to Cancer: Leukemia & Hina's Story, as part of the Frontiers in Cancer Research program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center's Science Education Partnership (SEP). It is also intended as a resource to be used by high school teachers and students across SEP's programs and curriculum units. Career profiles were written by Kristen Clapper Bergsman, PhD, in collaboration with the featured professionals.

This project was made possible by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Grant Number R25 GM129842, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIGMS, part of the National Institutes of Health, supports basic research that increases the understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Its Science Education Partnership Award program funds innovative pre-kindergarten to grade 12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, and informal science education projects.

The Fred Hutch's Science Education Partnership (SEP) is made possible in part by Pathways to Cancer Research (R25CA1221770), a Youth Enjoy Science Award (YES/CURE) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIGMS, NIH, or NCI.

Headshot photos from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, (former) Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, or Robert Hood/Fred Hutch News Service, unless provided by the featured individual. Gloria Daniels headshot courtesy of the DAISY Foundation. Louis Shackelford headshot from northwestmilitary.com.