---
title: 'Episode 126: Dr Roy Jensen - BRCA, and the University of Kansas Cancer Center'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-126-dr-roy-jensen-brca-and-the-university-of-kansas-cancer-center'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-09-05'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iu6bae/Dr_Roy_Jensen_-_9_5_22_1208_AM7b48a.mp3'
---

# Episode 126: Dr Roy Jensen - BRCA, and the University of Kansas Cancer Center

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Roy Jensen What we discuss with Dr Jensen: How he decided to go to medical school and how he chose a specialty Two of his mentors early in his career, and how he was influenced by them His research work in the BRCA1 and B...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Roy Jensen

What we discuss with Dr Jensen:

- How he decided to go to medical school and how he chose a specialty

- Two of his mentors early in his career, and how he was influenced by them

- His research work in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes

- How he established a Cancer Center at the University of Kansas, and some of the work that goes into that

- Why he thinks being a pathologist helps him in this role

- The NCI designations for cancer centers and achieving his goal of Comprehensive Designation

- His thoughts on the future of cancer incidence

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[AGBT Precision Health Meeting](https://www.agbt.org/events/precision-health/)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[To NCI designation through difficulty: How KU’s Roy Jensen made it happen](https://cancerletter.com/cancer-history-project/20210709_5/)

[Dr. Roy Jensen of The University of Kansas Cancer Center: Innovating to Break Cancer’s Grip](https://bankingonkansascity.libsyn.com/dr-roy-jensen-of-the-university-of-kansas-cancer-center-innovating-to-break-cancers-grip)

[University of Kansas Cancer Center](https://www.kucancercenter.org)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)