Cancer Control and Population Sciences

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Program Meeting

Fourth Monday of every month | 3-4:30 p.m. | CGRC-133 & Zoom ResearchDevelopment@cancer.ufl.edu

Mission

Cancer Population Sciences members attend a meeting

The goal of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences (CCPS) research program is to reduce the cancer burden in the UF Health Cancer Center’s catchment area and beyond. The catchment area is characterized by disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality rates than other regions in Florida. These disparities are evident in medically underserved populations, which include rural populations (16 out of 23 counties are rural), more than a quarter of racial/ethnic minority residents (26% underrepresented minorities, 16% of which are non-Hispanic Black and 10% Hispanic), and just under a quarter of older adults 65 years and older (23% in the catchment area versus 16.5% nationwide).

These hallmarks of the catchment area inform program science, which is unified by five CCPS priorities: 1) social determinants and cancer disparities; 2) smoking and other tobacco use; 3) molecular and imaging markers for screening and early detection; 4) obesity, energy balance and cancer; and 5) the intersection of cancer and aging. To capture the research strengths at UF, CCPS features 48 members from 20 departments and 10 of the 16 UF colleges (Liberal Arts and Sciences, Agricultural & Life Sciences, Engineering, Journalism & Communications, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Health & Human Performance, Nursing, and Public Health & Health Professions).

CCPS research has expanded in the areas of cancer etiology, survivorship, aging and implementation science; addressed the needs of the catchment area and UF Health Cancer Center priority cancers (e.g., lung, breast, colorectal, HPV-related cancers); and impacted state policy, clinical practice and national guidelines. Collaborations with the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement have led to new funding and impactful publications. CCPS programmatic aims reflect the goal to translate observational discovery science into interventions and larger-scale dissemination and implementation. New extramural funding includes one team science grant (U01), 9 R01s, and a PCORI grant addressing the cancer burden in the catchment area.

Aims

The aims of the CCPS program are to elucidate molecular, behavioral, social, environmental and other risk factors in cancer incidence and mortality; develop and evaluate primary and secondary cancer prevention interventions; and address the unique needs of cancer survivors.

Program Members

To request an update, please email ResearchDevelopment@cancer.ufl.edu.

NamemyNCBI LinkResearch ProgramTitleDepartmentLab PageCollegeResearch Interest Topics
Georges Khalil, PhD, MPH

Khalil
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship
Young-Rock Hong, PhD

Youngrock

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorHealth Services Research, Management and PolicyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsPalliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues; Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Pain
Erin Mobley, PhD

mobley

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicinePalliative Medicine; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Dejana Braithwaite , PhD, MSc

braithwaite
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorSurgeryMedicineHealth Disparities; Cancer & Aging; Epidemiologic Methods; Cancer Screening; Biomarkers; Global Oncology
Karen Hicklin, PhD

Hicklin

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorIndustrial EngineeringEngineeringQuality of Life Issues; Breast; Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer
Latoya O'Neal, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Family, Youth & Community SciencesLabAgricultural & Life Sciences
Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Tracy Irani, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Professor
Family, Youth & Community Sciences
Agricultural & Life Sciences
Cancer Communication
Cesar A Migliorati, MD, PhD, DDS

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorOral & Maxiollofacial Surgery & Diagnostics Science
DentistryHead & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Integrative Medicine; Palliative Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Roger Fillingim, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Distinguished ProfessorCommunity Dentistry & Behavioral ScienceDentistryAnesthesiology/Pain Management; Health Disparities; Pain
Michelle Alvarado, PhD


myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorIndustrial & Systems EngineeringLabEngineeringChemotherapy; Health Disparities; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology
Wesley Bolch, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Distinguished ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringEngineeringRadiation Toxicity
Danielle Jake-Schoffman, PhD

jake-schoffman
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorHealth Education & BehaviorLabHealth & Human PerformanceBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Gynecological
Demetra Christou, PhD

christou
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorApplied Physiology & KinesiologyLabHealth & Human PerformanceBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Gynecological; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues; Rehabilitation
Carla Fisher, PhD

FIsher

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorAdvertisingLabJournalism & CommunicationsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Communication; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Carma Bylund, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineCancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Provide-Patient Communication; Systematic Review Methods
Yu-Hao Lee, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate Professor
Telecommunications
Journalism & Communications
Cancer Information
Yulia Strekalova, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorGraduate Studies & ResearchLabJournalism & CommunicationsCancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Christopher McCarty, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBureau of Economic & Business ResearchLiberal Arts & SciencesCancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship
Susan Bluck, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPsychologyLabLiberal Arts & SciencesCancer Communication; Palliative Medicine
Carolyn Tucker, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Term ProfessorPsychologyLabLiberal Arts & SciencesBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Jesse Dallery, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPsychology
LabLiberal Arts & Sciences
Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Environment; Health Disparities
Michael Daniels, ScD

Daniels

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Chair & ProfessorStatisticsLiberal Arts & SciencesBiostatistics; Bioinformatics
Stephen Anton, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorAging & Geriatric ResearchMedicineAnesthesiology/Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; Environment; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues
Todd Manini, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorAging & Geriatric ResearchMedicineCancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology
Jiang Bian, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBiomedical InformaticsMedicineBiomedical Informatics; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention
Yi Guo, PhD

Guo

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Communication; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues
Jaclyn Hall, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ScientistHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Environment; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Mildred Maldonado-Molina, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorDepartment of Health Education & BehaviorMedicine
Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Keith Muller, PhD, MA

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineAngiogenesis; Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Breast; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Radiation Oncology; Stem Cell; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Ramzi Salloum, PhD, MA, MBA

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorHealth Outcomes & PolicyMedicineTobacco Cessation; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship
Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineImplementation Science; Biomedical Informatics; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities; Pediatric Oncology
Stephanie Staras, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineHPV Vaccination; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Infection Control
Steven Swarts, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineCancer Prevention; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design
William Hogan, PhD


myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBioinformatics; Cancer Information; Cancer Surveillance
Yonghui Wu, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBioinformatics
Nancy Mendenhall, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBreast; Cancer Information; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Gastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Adriaan Bruijnzeel, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPsychiatryMedicineNicotine Addiction; Pharmacology
Sara Jo Nixon, PhD

Nixon
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Distinguished ProfessorPsychiatryLabMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Christiana Shaw, MD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorGeneral SurgeryMedicineBone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Endocrine; Environment; Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid
Chris Forsmark, MD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorMedicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & NutritionMedicineLiver; Pancreas Cancer
David Nelson, MD

Nelson
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorMedicine- Gastroenterology, Hepatology & NutritionMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Liver; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Julie Bradley, MD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBreast; Gynecological; Pediatrics; Imaging; Radiation Oncology
Martina Murphy, MD

murphy

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & OncologyMedicineCancer Communication; Gynecological; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues
Maryam Sattari, MD, MS

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical ProfessorMedicineMedicineBreast; Cancer Communication; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Gastro-Intestinal; Gynecological; Health Disparities
Nosha Farhadfar, MD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Hematology & Oncology
MedicineCancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues
Li-Ming Su, MD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorUrologyMedicineGenital-Urinary/Prostate; Kidney; Nanotechnology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Quality of Life Issues; Surgical Oncology
Walter O'Dell, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyLabMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Patrick Tighe, MD

Tighe
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorAnesthesiologyLabMedicineAnesthesiology/Pain Management; Bioinformatics; Epidemiology; Pain; Palliative Medicine
Robert Amdur, MD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineHead & Neck; Skin/Melanoma; Thyroid; Symptom Improvement
Naykky Singh Ospina, MD

singh ospina
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & MetabolismMedicineCancer Communication; Endocrine; Epidemiology; Thyroid
Sheri Kittelson, MD

kittelson
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorMedicine- Palliative CareMedicinePalliative Medicine
Raymond Mailhot, MD

mailhot
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Assistant ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineBreast; Cancer Survivorship; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues; Radiation Oncology
Lisa Scarton, PhD

Scarton

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorFamily, Community & Health Systems ScienceNursingBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Gastro-Instestinal; Health Disparities; Palliative Medicine.
Miriam Ezenwa, PhD, RN

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceNursingCancer Survivorship; Pain; Palliative Medicine
Gail Keenan, PhD, RN, FAAN

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorFamily, Community & Health System Science
Nursing
Cancer Communication; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Health Disparities
Debra Kelly, PhD, RN, OCN, CNE, FAAN

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceNursingCancer Survivorship; Symptom Burden; Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Cancer Related Symptoms; Palliative Care; Integrative Symptom Management Interventions; Quality of Life throughout the Cancer Trajectory.
Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceNursingAnesthesiology/Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Genetics
Anna McDaniel, PhD, RN, FAAN

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Dean & ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceNursingCancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship
Michael Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate Dean & ProfessorResearch Affairs
NursingBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Quality of Life Issues
Diana Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceNursingPain Management; Cancer Survivorship; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Lung; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Rehabilitation
Yingwei Yao, PhDYaomyNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Associate Professor
Biobehavioral Nursing Science
Nursing
Biostatistics; Pain
Saunjoo Yoon, PhD, RN

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorBiobehavioral Nursing ScienceLabNursingCancer Survivorship; Gastro-Intestinal; Infection Control; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Larisa Cavallari, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational Research
Pharmacy
Pharmacogenetics
Julie Johnson, PharmD


Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Distinguished ProfessorDeans OfficePharmacyTargeted Cancer Therapy; Chemotherapy; Pharmacogenomics
Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, ACSW, MPE

Striley
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Associate ProfessorEpidemiologyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Deidre Pereira, PhD

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorClinical & Health PsychologyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Survivorship; Gynecological; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Pain; Quality of Life Issues
Lusine Yaghjyan, MD, PhD, MPH

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorEpidemiologyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBreast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Stem Cell
Mattia Prosperi, PhD, MEng

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorEpidemiologyLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBioinformatics; Cancer Prevention; Drug Resistance; Epigenetics & Cancer; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
David Janicke, PhD, ABPP

Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorClinical & Health PsychologyLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities; Leukemia; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorEpidemiologyLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Volker Mai, Ph D, MPH

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorEpidemiologyLabPublic Health & Health ProfessionsCancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Gastro-Intestinal; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Ara Jo, PhD

joara
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Assistant ProfessorHealth Services Research, Management & PolicyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsCancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Integrative Medicine
Santanu Datta, PhD

datta
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorHealth Services Research, Management & PolicyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsCancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Lung; Quality of Life Issues
Lindsey King, PhD, MPH, CHES, CCRP, CTTS

king
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Assistant ProfessorHealth Services Research, Management & PolicyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communication; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues
Subharup Guha, PhD


Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBiostatistics; Lung
Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH

Lee
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health Professions & MedicineBiostatistics
Paul Okunieff, MD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS); Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)ProfessorRadiation OncologyMedicineAngiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Health Disparities; Liver; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Maria Longo, MD

longo
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorDermatologyMedicineCancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Quality of Life Issue; Skin Melanoma
Yan Gong, PhD

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational ResearchPharmacyPharmacogenomics; Cardio-Oncology (Cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicities); Cancer Survivorship; Immunotherapy; Targeted Cancer Therapy
XiangYang Lou, PhD

Lou

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research ProfessorBiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBioinformatics; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention
Bruno Hochhegger, MD, PhD

Hochhegger


myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical ProfessorRadiologyMedicineLung; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Thoracic Oncology
Benjamin Lok, PhD

Lok
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorComputer & Information Science and Engineering
EngineeringBioinformatics
John Allen, PharmD

Allen

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate Professor & Associate DeanPharmacotherapy & Translational ResearchMedicineHealth Disparities
Samsun Lampotang, PhD

Lampotang

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Professor & Program Director
AnesthesiologyMedicineBreast; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Health Disparities; Radiation Oncology
Alexander Parker, PhD

Parker

myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorEpidemiologyPublic Health & Health ProfessionsEpidemiology; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Kidney
Haoran (Chris) Chu, PhD

Chu
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorPublic RelationsJournalism & CommunicationsCancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities
Luisel (Lulu) Ricks-Santi, PhD

Ricks-Santi
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Associate ProfessorPharmacotherapy & Translational ResearchPharmacyBreast; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Survivorship; DNA Damage & Repair; Epidemiology; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Radiation Oncology
Melissa Vilaro, PhD, MPH

Vilaro
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorFamily, Youth & Community SciencesAgricultural & Life SciencesCancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Lakeshia Cousin, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC

Cousin
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorFamily, Community and Health System ScienceNursingBreast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Noah Hammarlund, PhD

Hammarlund
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorEpidemiology & Health Policy ResearchPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Genital/Urinary/Prostate; Health Disparities
Brenda Dyal, PhD, DNP

Dyal
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorBehavioral Science & Community HealthNursingBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communications; Pain; Palliative Medicine
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD

Leeuwenburgh
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorMedicineMedicineApoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; DNA Damage & Repair; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Senescence
Jeanette Andrade, PhD

Andrade
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorFood Science & Human NutritionAgricultural & Life SciencesKidney; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Muxuan Liang, PhD

Liang
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorEpidemiology & BiostatisticsPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBiostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Epidemiology; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Health Disparities
Angela Starkweather, PhD

Starkweather
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorNursingNursingAnesthesiology/Pain Management; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Epigenetics & Cancer; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Neuro-Oncology; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Caterina Alacevich, PhD

Alacevich
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Assistant ProfessorHealth Outcomes & Biomedical InformaticsMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities
Hwayoung Cho, PhD, RN

Cho
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorNursingNursingBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Bioinformatics; Chemotherapy; Heath Disparities; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Mikael Svensson, PhD

Svensson
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPharmaceutical Outcomes & PolicyPharmacyBiostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology
Aditya Shirali, MD

Shirali
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicineBioinformatics; Endocrine; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities; Senscence; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid
Hyung-Suk (Alex) Yoon, PhD, MPH

Yoon
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Lung; Quality of Life Issues; Thoracic Oncology
Jennifer Fieber, MD

Fieber
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMedicineBreast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Heatlh Disparities; Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction; Surgical Oncology
Beth Virnig, PhD, MPH

Virnig
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)ProfessorPublic Health & Health Professions Office of the DeanPublic Health & Health ProfessionsBreast; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities
Katelyn Bruno, PhD, FHFSA

Bruno
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorCardiovascular MedicineMedicineCancer Prevention; Cardio-Oncology; Cell Signaling Pathways; Chemotherapy; Immunoregulation & Suppression
Wei Shao, PhD

Wei Shao
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorMedicineMedicineBioinformatics;
Cancer Surveillance;
Eye;
Genital-Urinary/Prostate;
Health Disparities;
Kidney;
Lung;
Radiation Oncology;
Jae Jeong Yang

 Jae Jeong Yang
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryCollege of MedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; biostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Lung; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Tantawy Marwa

Tantawy Marwa
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Pharmacotherapy and Translational ResearchCollege of PharmacyCardio-Oncology; Chemotherapy; Epigenetics & Cancer; MicroRNAs
Jennifer LeLaurin

 Jennifer LeLaurin
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical InformaticsCollege of MedicineBehavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities
Anwer M. Siddiqi

 Anwer M. Siddiqi
Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of Pathology, JaxCollege of MedicineBioinformatics; Breast; Gynecological
Shama D Karanth

 Shama D Karanth
myNCBICancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)Assistant ProfessorSurgeryCollege of MedicineBiostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Immunotherapy; Lung
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