InStyle: Top 50 health care workers who are saving the day
UC Cancer Center expert represents Ohio in article about researchers making an impact
Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, is an associate professor at the UC College of Medicine and was recently named one of "The Badass 50" by InStyle Magazine for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo/Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand
Eighteen-hour shifts. End-of-life care. Lack of proper equipment. Frontline health care workers have been facing seemingly insurmountable challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And yet, they get the job done.
InStyle Magazine went state by state to celebrate these heroes. Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Hematology Oncology at UC, a UC Health oncologist and medical director of the UC Cancer Center's Clinical Trials Office, represented Ohio and discussed her contributions during this difficult time.
"Cancer never stops, whether there is a pandemic or not, making my position more critical than ever," she says.
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