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Setting standards and leading innovation for the practice of anesthesiology since 1938
Hoda Badr, Ph.D., is a professor and director of the Division of Population Science, as well as associate director of population science at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Houston in Social Psychology, with a concentration in health and personal relationships. She completed her Postdoctoral fellowship in Psycho-Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Badr’s research mission has focused on the development and evaluation of interventions that assist patients and family members in coping with the symptoms and psychological demands of cancer and its treatment.
Dr. Badr serves on the following ABA committees: Credentialing Committee, Nonstandard Examinations Committee, Research Committee (chair)
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