Ronald E. Myers, DSW, PhD
Professor and Director, Division of Population Science
Department of Medical Oncology
Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Myers is the Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center where he established a Cancer Prevention & Control Program. He is also Director of the Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Population Science and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Myers has conducted cancer prevention, control, and population science research for over 20 years. He has been a principal investigator on a number of NIH-funded research grants and has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field. His areas of expertise include patient adherence to cancer screening; physician follow-up of abnormal cancer screening test results; and informed and shared decision making in cancer screening, susceptibility testing and clinical trials participation.
