WiRED International Applauds Dr. David Alberts
BY ALLISON KOZICHAROW AND BERNICE BORN
WiRED is proud to spotlight the recent publication of Fundamentals of Cancer Prevention, edited by WiRED Honorary Board member David S. Alberts, M.D., and Lisa M. Hess, Ph.D.
Now in its third edition, the book is required reading for oncologists, primary care physicians, medical students, the research community and anyone interested in cancer prevention and control. Written by a team of nationally recognized leaders in the field of cancer, the new edition offers current information related to recent developments in the field and includes topics related to global health.
Dr. Alberts has personally reviewed or has arranged reviewers for all the cancer modules in WiRED’s Health Learning Library. He will continue to oversee new cancer modules and will play a leading role in the creation of WiRED’s mesothelioma series.
Dr. Alberts is an internationally known cancer expert who has focused on translational cancer prevention and treatment research throughout his career. He received his M.D. in 1966 from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and he is the recent Director of the Arizona Cancer Center. He is also the Regents Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Nutritional Science and Public Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Dr. Alberts has authored or co-authored more than 530 peer reviewed publications, more than 100 book chapters and 60 invited articles, and has served as editor and co-editor of nine books. In June 2001, he was acknowledged by Science to be one of the top three National Institutes of Health-funded clinical researchers in the United States. Dr. Alberts has pioneered new treatments for advanced ovarian cancers and is currently helping to coordinate Phase I and II and pharmacokinetic drug studies at the University of Arizona Cancer Center for molecularly-targeted chemopreventive agents and anticancer drugs.
“If we are to stem the terrible tide of cancer (e.g., 7.5 million deaths globally in 2014 with 11.5 million deaths expected in 2030) in the 21st century, cancer prevention research, training and dissemination must become a dominant theme in our everyday medical lives,” said Dr. Alberts.