Dr. Abenaa Brewster

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Professor

 

Dr. Brewster received her BS from Stanford University, MD degree from Harvard Medical School and a Master of Health Science degree in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention at MD Anderson Cancer Center and has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Epidemiology. Her clinical interest is breast cancer and she is a medical oncologist in the Nellie B. Connally Breast Center. Dr. Brewster has expertise using methods of molecular epidemiology to investigate epidemiological and biological factors that determine risk for breast cancer and survival. She is particularly interested in understanding how ethnicity and obesity influence a woman’s risk and survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer. She has received funding from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the National Institute of Health and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. She enjoys teaching and has served as a facilitator for the UT Evidence Based Workshop and a lecturer at the UT School of Public Health.