Research
The goals and objectives of Behavioral Science include the following:
- Conducting behavioral research on cancer risk behaviors, including the development of a behavioral sciences knowledge base
- Expanding interdisciplinary collaborative research programs between behavioral scientists and other disciplines, including basic science, clinical research and population-based sciences
- Assuring a cohesive, multidisciplinary, critical mass of behavioral science investigators within a well-funded research program
Building clinical research programs in smoking cessation, genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancer susceptibility and psychosocial oncology - Expanding the psychobiology research program for the purpose of conducting research on nicotine dependence, withdrawal and relapse and on basic biobehavioral mechanisms
- Focusing research programs on high-risk, underserved and minority populations wherever possible
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Research Areas
Find out about the four types of research taking place at MD Anderson.
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