EITS Student Vanessa Benham Authors LSJ Article

May 1, 2019

Vanessa BenhamEITS student, Vanessa Benham, authored an excellent article, "Obesity poised to overtake smoking as leading preventable cause of cancer," for the Lansing State Journal (LSJ). The article was picked up nationwide and published broadly. Benham is a doctoral student with Dr. Jamie Bernard. The article discusses obesity in America and how it is connected to 13 different kinds of cancer including ovarian, thyroid, uterine and more. 

Read the LSJ article at:  https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/life/2019/04/30/cancer-obesity-michigan-thyroid-liver-kindey-ovary-pancreas-colon/3495468002/.