Trevanne Matthews Hew, M.D. (HEMO ’16), receives an award, Mayo Clinic Florida

Trevanne Matthews Hew, M.D. (HEMO ’16), Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mayo Clinic in Florida, received a Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award. The two-year program aims to train, develop and mentor diverse and community-oriented researchers and physicians to help increase the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials, and ultimately to enhance the development of therapeutics for all populations. The Robert A. Winn Career Development Award Program was created in 2020 with a pledge by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation as part of its commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. Dr. Matthews Hew has special interest in disparity in health care among all patient groups, particularly breast, gynecologic and prostate cancers. Dr. Matthews Hew’s research focuses on disparity, genetics and environmental factors affecting disease. Dr. Matthews Hew is an assistant professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.