Research Programs
Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)
Program Leaders:
Janice Krieger, Ph.D.
Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., R.N.
Mission:
To reduce the cancer-related burden within the UFHCC catchment area by conducting person centered, family-focused, clinician engaged and population-based research to improve cancer prevention, treatment, symptom management and palliative care — with particular emphasis on those who face unique disadvantages due to race/ ethnicity, poverty, rurality, older age and poor health literacy.
Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
Program Leaders:
Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.
Christian Jobin, Ph.D.
Mission:
The mission of the Cancer Therapeutics and Host Response (CTHR) program is to define mechanisms regulating host responses to tumor progression and advance novel therapeutic treatments for patients with cancer.
