Jan 25, 2024
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks
with Jan Kitajewski, PhD, about blending community
need with scientific advancement, his role as the director of a
cancer care center and more.
• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology
Overdrive :58
• About Kitajewski 1:08
• The interview 2:59
• Tell me about how you started and your pathway to
this position. 3:26
• You have a very diverse background in various fields
of medicine. Was there something that drew you to lead a cancer
center? 6:15
• What are your thoughts on how institutions can shift
their mindsets toward setting up research that is more inclusive of
patient diversity in clinical trials?
9:44
• Jain and Kitajewski on The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks, mistrust in the health care system, and how
institutions can empower their communities.
14:00
• What does a cancer center director do, and what are
some things that people may be surprised to know about your
position? 16:30
• Jain and Kitajewski on the University of Illinois
Cancer Center applying for NCI designation, and what the process
entails. 22:05
• Jain and Kitajewski on the challenges and successes
that come with physician leadership when making changes at an
institution. 29:28
• What is your vision for the future of the University
of Illinois Cancer Center? 34:16
• If someone could only listen to the last minute of
this episode, what would you want them to take away?
40:13
• How to contact Kitajewski
40:55
• Thanks for listening
41:35
Jan Kitajewski, PhD, is director of the University
of Illinois Cancer Center and a professor and head of the
department of physiology and biophysics.
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@ShikhaJainMD. Kitajewski can be reached via email kitaj@uic.edu.
Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant financial
disclosures. Healio could not confirm relevant financial
disclosures for Kitajewski at the time of posting.