Austin Waters, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Primary Divisions and Centers
Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL)
Affiliated Divisons and Centers
LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence

Research Focus

Research Areas: Cancer, LGBTQ+ Health

Austin R. Waters is a postdoctoral fellow through the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received his PhD in Health Policy and Management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on prevention, access, and outcomes among LGBTQ+ and adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors and caregivers. The common threads of his research revolve around health equity, health-related social needs, economic instability, cost-related barriers to care, the influence of policy, and technology use. His mentors are Jenny Mack at DFCI and Brittany Charlton at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.