Judy E. Garber

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• Dana–Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School

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• Yale School of Medicine

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Judy Ellen Garber is the director of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Garber previously served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research.{{cite web |title=Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH |url=https://www.aacr.org/Membership/Pages/FellowDetailsNoModal.aspx?ItemID=32 |website=www.aacr.org |accessdate=17 January 2019}}

Garber's research focuses on DNA damage in breast cancer.

Garber attended Yale School of Medicine, receiving her MD/MPH in 1981. She did her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.{{cite web |title=Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH - Dana–Farber Cancer Institute {{!}} Boston, MA |url=https://www.dana-farber.org/find-a-doctor/judy-e-garber/ |website=www.dana-farber.org |accessdate=17 January 2019}}

Garber has been the president of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber since 2010.

In 2011–2012, Garber served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research. She is a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board{{cite web |title=Judy E. Garber {{!}} Researcher |url=https://www.bcrf.org/researchers/judy-e-garber |website=Breast Cancer Research Foundation |accessdate=17 January 2019 |language=en |date=18 June 2014}} and a co-scientific director of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.{{cite web |title=Breast Cancer Research Foundation |url=https://www.bcrf.org/scientific-advisors |website=Breast Cancer Research Foundation |language=en}}