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New paper published in JAMA Surgery

5/4/2016

Assessing the Accuracy and Readability of Online Health Information for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. Joe is a co-author on a paper published inJAMA Surgery that shows that "Online information on pancreatic cancer overestimates the reading ability of the overall population and lacks accurate information about alternative therapy. In the absence of quality control on the Internet, physicians should provide guidance to patients in the selection of online resources with readable and accurate information." This paper was featured in several online news outlets: Healio, Cancer Therapy Advisor,Medical Xpress.

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Joe is awarded a Brigham and Women's Hospital Minority Faculty Career Development Award

5/4/2016

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The MFCDA program, founded in 1996, provides financial support to early-career underrepresented minority physicians and scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital, with the goal of increasing their presence across the institution. The five-year $100,000 award is given to two underrepresented minority faculty members annually.

The 2016 MFCDA recipients are:
Joseph Mancias, MD, PhD
Assistant Physician, BWH
Department of Radiation Oncology

Viviany Taqueti, MD, MPH
Associate Physician, BWH
Department of Radiology
Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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New paper published in JAMA Surgery

Joe is awarded a Brigham and Women's Hospital Minority Faculty Career Development Award

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