Senior Epidemiologist, American Cancer Society


Dr. Teras is a cancer epidemiologist whose research interests include risk factors for lymphoid cancers and the impact of weight change and obesity on cancer risk. She earned her B.A. in Social Science from the University of Michigan in 1997, followed by a masters and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Dr. Teras first joined the Epidemiology Research Program at the American Cancer Society as a research analyst in 2000, and then rejoined the group as a Senior Epidemiologist following her doctoral work in 2010.