Dr. Edgar Asiimwe’s background is in internal medicine, having completed a categorical internal medicine residency at UCLA after medical school at Stanford school of medicine. His broad interests are in disparities in outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC) for various population sub-groups in the US. His current research is with a multisite collaborative examining the association between modifiable factors, such as nutrition practices, and survival from CRC among a diverse group of patients with the disease. His research mentorship team is headed by Dr. Erin Van Blarigan who has extensive experience studying the association between health behavior and survival from CRC and from prostate cancer, broadly and within diverse patient populations.
In addition to research, Dr. Asiimwe is enrolled in the Masters in Advanced Studies (MAS) degree program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. Clinically, he sees patients primarily at UCSF’s Mt. Zion primary care clinic, and occasionally attends with the hospitalist service at UCSF Parnassus. Dr. Asiimwe seeks to leverage the exceptional educational and research training opportunities through the NCSP program at UCSF to help improve disparities in outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer.
Research Interests: His broad interests are in disparities in outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC) for various population sub-groups in the US. His current research is with a multisite collaborative examining the association between modifiable factors, such as nutrition practices, and survival from CRC among a diverse group of patients with the disease.