Dr. Hershman is an American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology with Tenure at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is interim Chief for the Division of Hematology/Oncology, a co-leader for the Cancer Population Science Program and Deputy Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has developed nationally recognized expertise in cancer care delivery, late-effects of cancer therapy, health outcomes and health disparities research. She has received research funding from the NCI, American Cancer Society, ASCO, Department of Defense, Susan Komen Foundation, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.