Georgetown Lombardi Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Lecture Series Featuring Michelle Janelsins, PhD, MPH

Title: “Advances in Our Understanding of Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment”

Presented by:
Michelle Janelsins, PhD, MPH
Director of Cancer Control and Psychoneuroimmunology Lab
University of Rochester Medical Center

Sponsors: Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, and the Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging

Lecture Series Presented by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center 

Dr. Janelsins’ laboratory focuses on : 1) understanding clinical, psychological, and biological mechanisms of cognitive difficulties in cancer patients 2) investigating interventions to alleviate cognitive difficulties in cancer patients, and 3) translational models of cognitive difficulties in cancer.

Dr. Janelsins’ area of expertise is in psychoneuroimmunology, immunology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. In addition to a focus on cognition and cancer, her lab is broadly interested in many aspects of research related to quality of life improvement and side effect management in cancer.