Meet Dr. Sigrid carlsson, PhD, MPH

Dr. Carlsson is Director of Clinical Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center and Assistant Attending Epidemiologist, with dual appointments in the Departments of Surgery (Urology Service) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Her line of research focuses on screening and early detection of prostate cancer, including multiplex testing and risk-stratified strategies that incorporate clinical information, biomarkers and magnetic resonance imaging, as funded by an NIH/NCI U01 award. She is Associate Professor of Experimental Urology at Gothenburg University, Sweden.

 

She is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Translational Medicine (Division of Urological Cancers) at the Medical Faculty at Lund University, Sweden. She serves on the NCCN and AUA guidelines for early detection of prostate cancer.

She recently completed a K22 career development award from the NCI to improve shared decision making for breast and prostate cancer screening