Lisa C. Richardson is an American physician who is the Director of

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Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. She is responsible for the Colorectal Cancer Control Program, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, and the National Program of Cancer Registries.

Early life and education

Richardson earned her bachelor's and medical degrees at the

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and

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. Whilst at UNC, she was inducted into the

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honor society. She moved to the University of Michigan School of Public Health for graduate studies, where she earned a master's degree in public health. Richardson was an oncology fellow at the

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Research and career

In 1997, Richardson joined the

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(CDC). She was appointed medical director of the CDC National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programme. The initiative provided cancer screening for low income, uninsured women. In 1998, she was made medical director of the CDC blood disorder division. In this capacity she evaluated

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and

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infections amongst people with haemophilia. She joined the faculty at the

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in 2000, where she spent four years before returning to the CDC. She was appointed to the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control in 2010, where she oversees a $380 million annual budget. Richardson serves on the faculty at the

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, where she specializes in trans-care and eating disorders in athletes.

Selected publications

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References

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