Meet Melinda Aldrich, PhD. Genetic epidemiologist. Investigating mechanisms driving lung cancer racial disparities.

She's also an avid hiking enthusiast.

On today's episode, meet Melinda Aldrich, PhD. Melinda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She holds additional appointments in the Department of Thoracic Surgery and in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Her research is focused on understanding why there are differences in lung cancer risk and survival among different racial/ethnic populations. She received her M.P.H. and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.