141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Nelson Atehortua, PhD MPH

Research Scientist & Post-doctoral Fellow
University of the Sciences, Philadelphia
Program in Personalized Medicine & Targeted Therapeutics
600 South 43rd Street
Philadelphia, PA
USA 19104
Email: n.atehortua@usciences.edu


Biographical Sketch:
Nelson A. Atehortua is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow and Research Scientist with the Program in Personalized Medicine & Targeted Therapeutics. Nelson has a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Western Kentucky University, and a PhD degree from Texas A&M University. Dr. Atehortua’s research interests are in the areas of personalized medicine, genomics, cancer and chronic non-communicable diseases, and how public health and health education are related to genomics and personalized medicine.

Papers:
5125.1 Cancer survivors' knowledge of personalized medicine diagnostics