A leading oncologist, researcher and author, Mukherjee will present a lecture on "The Changing Landscape of Cancer" in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $13 or Elon ID. Tickets available Aug. 29 at Center for the Arts Box Office. For information, call (336) 278-5610.
A leading oncologist and researcher, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee has received wide acclaim as an author for his examinations of cancer and the human gene.
His first book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” received a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and offered insights into the various forms of cancer that plague humanity, from the first known reference in Egypt to present time. A Rhodes scholar who was honored in 2011 as one of the “100 Most Influential People,” Mukherjee is a graduate of Stanford University, the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School. He is currently assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician at CU/NYU Presbyterian Hospital. His articles have appeared in Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, Neuron, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, The New York Times and The New Republic.
Admission: $13 or Elon ID. Tickets available Aug. 29 at the Center for the Arts Box Office.