Chapter 04: A Slow-Moving Start at Stonybrook Opportunity at MD Anderson
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Interest in Cancer: Dr. Knudson continues outlining his path towards discovering the two-hit model. He explains that during his time at City of Hope Medical Center, he became more interested in cancer and hereditary predisposition and was asked to write a book on genetics and disease. Dr. Knudson notes that although this work helped him to put the cancer problem in perspective, it was too early for him to discover the two-hit model.
Administrative Experience:
Next, Dr. Knudson recalls his frustrations about his slow-moving experience starting a genetics unit at Stonybrook in New York. After three years at Stonybrook, Dr. Knudson accepted an invitation to come to MD Anderson to start a genetics unit.
Identifier
KnudsonA_01_20130305_C04
Publication Date
3-5-2013
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 05, 2013
Topics Covered
Professional Path; Contributions; The Researcher; On the Nature of Institutions; Joining MD Anderson; The Administrator
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Knudson, Jr., Albert G. MD, PhD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 04: A Slow-Moving Start at Stonybrook Opportunity at MD Anderson" (2013). Interview Chapters. 302.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/302
Conditions Governing Access
Open
