Terrance Albrecht, PhD

Michigan

Represented: Researchers

Terrance Albrecht, PhD, is Professor and Associate Center Director for Population Sciences, and Leader of the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. She directs transdisciplinary cancer research programs in clinical communication, behavior, and genetic epidemiology. She holds appointments as Professor and Division Chief for Population Sciences in the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Oncology. As an author/coauthor of more than 200 scientific publications, her funded research has shown for nearly two decades how clinical communication processes influence clinical trial accrual, treatment decision-making, and other behavioral, psychosocial, and health outcomes of diverse populations of adult and pediatric patients and their families.

Albrecht was a member of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials Subcommittee on Recruitment, Accrual, and Retention.