The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center appointed Jasmin Tiro, PhD, as associate director of cancer prevention and population sciences.
In this role, Dr. Tiro will work closely with program leaders to shape and refine population research programmatic goals and activities within the cancer center mission.
Dr. Tiro was formerly professor of population and data sciences at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She also served as the associate director for community outreach, engagement and equity. Her research focuses on ways to increase use of and access to cancer screening and prevention interventions, particularly the human papillomavirus vaccine for adolescents.