Jane Driver MD

Jane (Jenny) A. Driver, MD, MPH is a research physician at the Boston VA Medical Center, a member of the Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Trained as both a geriatrician and an oncologist, her research focuses on the epidemiology, prediction, and prevention of cancer and neurodegenerative disease. She is currently investigating the link between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as new methods of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Dr. Driver has received research grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Hartford Foundation, the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, and Harvard Medical School.

In addition to her research work, Dr. Driver cares for vulnerable elderly Veterans with memory disorders and runs a special clinic for older patients with leukemia and other blood diseases at the Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute. She teaches medical students, medical residents, and geriatric fellows, and provides research mentorship for trainees and young faculty in both geriatrics and oncology. Dr. Driver currently sees patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.