Public Health

Leveraging big data to improve public health and cancer care

We are in a new era of medicine and healthcare where innovation and big data are a significant part of healthcare delivery. Cancer care does not only rely on advanced and therapeutic solutions, but it starts years before cancer diagnosis Further, cancer care does not end with the completion of cancer therapy, it continues decades after therapy

Thus, there is a need for establishing innovative approaches and new clinical decision tools to assist in the early identification of individuals at most risk of developing .

Dr. Samah Hayek , DrPH, is a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. She also serves as a senior researcher/ Epidemiologist at Clalit Research Institute.Samah holds a B.A. in statistics, and sociology -anthropology; and a Master Degree in public heath from the University of Haifa. She obtained her doctoral degree in Public Health (Epidemiology) at the University of Kentucky, as a Fulbright scholar. She completed a twoyear fellowship at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Further, she completed a post-doctoral study in the department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, at St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.