Reshma Jagsi

Reshma Jagsi serves as Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan, conducting influential research at the nexus of medicine and social policy with national media recognition including NBC Nightly News and The New York Times.

Her academic journey features:

• First in class graduation from Harvard College
• Distinction-awarded MSc in Comparative Social Policy (formerly Comparative Social Research) at Oxford University
• MD from Harvard Medical School
• DPhil from Oxford's Barnett House under Dr. Rebecca Surender

Dr. Jagsi's research examines racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer's financial impact, long-term employment consequences for survivors, and gender differences in physician-researcher compensation and domestic labor. Her work actively promotes healthcare resource stewardship through high-impact commentaries in medical journals, directly influencing policy debates including U.S. House budget hearings.

Recognized with the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, her findings appear in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Annals of Internal Medicine, generating substantial policy engagement and media coverage from Wall Street Journal to Annals of Internal Medicine.

She leads NIH-funded investigations into breast cancer decision-making while holding key leadership positions: Chair-Elect of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chair of the Radiation Oncology Institute's Research Committee, and Delegate to the American Medical Association's Young Physicians Section.