The Semantics of Cancer

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    • about
    • personnel
    • subprojects
    • acknowledgements
  • about
  • personnel
  • subprojects
  • acknowledgements

project personnel

principal investigators

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Crompton is a cancer surgeon at UCLA; his research is centered on de-escalating morbid and unnecessary operations for cancer patients.

Dr. Jessica Rett, PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Rett is a linguist at UCLA whose research focuses on the meaning of words and sentences, and how meanings change from context to context.


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Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Rajam Raghunathan is a general surgeon, current endocrine surgery research fellow at UCLA, and a former assistant professor of philosophy.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of epistemology, language, the philosophy of action, and surgery.

co-investigators

Dr. Ashley Feinsinger, PhD

Philosopher, UCLA School of Medicine

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Dr. James Wu, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, DGSOM and Endocrine Surgeon

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Dr. Michael Yeh, MD

Chief of Endocrine Surgery, Medical Director of the Endocrine Center integrated practice unit, and Medical Director of Optimal Care at UCLA Health

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research assistants

Amy Copeland (surgical resident, UCLA)

Tess Huy (surgical resident, UCLA)

Gabe Oland (surgical resident, UCLA)


Jessica Lutz (med student, UCLA)

Tira Oskoui (med student, UCLA)

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