Cancer Control and Population Sciences Co-Leaders » Cancer Center » UF Health Cancer Center

Department: Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Email: smohammed2@ufl.edu

Publications:

Dec 2024 ACTIVE
Point-of-care screening test for early cervical cancer detection
PURDUE UNIV · Principal Investigator

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
2/3 Florida-California Cancer Research, Education & Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Other

Jun 2023 ACTIVE
UF Health Cancer Center Support Grant
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Other

Professor And Associate Chair Of Faculty Development

Department: MD-HOBI-GENERAL

Phone: (352) 294-8299

Email: sstaras@mail.ufl.edu

CV: View Curriculum Vitae:

Accomplishments:

University of Florida Term Professorship
2018-2019 · University of Florida
University of Florida Exemplary Teaching Award
2018 · University of Florida
Fellow in the National Cancer Institute’s Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer
2016-2018 · Washington University in St. Louis
Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Recipient. Research project entitled: “Development of an Alcohol-Related HIV preventive intervention among African American and Hispanic adolescent women.”
2012-2014 · National Institutes of Health
18th Annual Summer Course: Principles of STD / HIV Research Scholarship
2010 · University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD’s
Travel Grant Recipient
2007 · promising new investigators to the 17th International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Meeting
Co-recipient of the Award for Excellence in International Health
2001 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Best Epidemiologist in the Workforce of Tomorrow Award
2000 · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist
1999 Charles C. Shepard Award for Excellence in Research-– presented to the graduating student who is deemed by the faculty to have prepared the most scholarly research thesis.
1999 · Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Publications:

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
Preventing Cervical Cancer through HPV Self-collection and Patient Navigation among Women Living with Chronic Conditions and Social Vulnerability
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Other

Jul 2024 ACTIVE
Text and Talk: A multi-level intervention to increase provider HPV vaccine recommendation effectiveness
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Principal Investigator

Jul 2024 ACTIVE
Enhancing Connection and Communication with Community-Based Oncology Practices to Improve Cancer Clinical Trial Recruitment: The ECCO Study
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOC · Principal Investigator

Nov 2023 – Apr 2025
Developing and Evaluating a Machine-Learning Opioid Prediction & Risk-Stratification E-Platform (DEMONSTRATE)
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH · Co-Investigator

Aug 2023 ACTIVE
Incentive funds for Graduate Medical Education Trainees
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOC · Co-Investigator

Aug 2023 ACTIVE
Implementation of a Cancer Clinical Trials (CCT) Communication Skills Education Program for Medical Oncology Fellows
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOC · Co-Investigator

Jul 2023 ACTIVE
Together: Transforming and Translating Discovery to Improve Health
NATL INST OF HLTH NCATS · Project Manager

Jun 2023 ACTIVE
UF Health Cancer Center Support Grant
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Other

Feb 2023 – Jun 2024
Clinical Trials Education in GME: A Needs Assessment
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOC · Co-Investigator

Sep 2022 ACTIVE
ReMARk: A multi-level strategy to address disparities in rural HPV-related cancer prevention
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Principal Investigator

Sep 2021 ACTIVE
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Interdisciplinary Telehealth in Lewy Body Dementia
NATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Other

Jul 2021 – Oct 2023
Developing and Evaluating a Machine-Learning Opioid Prediction & Risk-Stratification E-Platform (DEMONSTRATE)
NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA · Co-Investigator

Jul 2021 – May 2024
Together: Transforming and Translating Discovery to Improve Health
NATL INST OF HLTH NCATS · Other

Jul 2019 – Jun 2024
Text and Talk: A multi-level intervention to increase provider HPV vaccine recommendation effectiveness
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Principal Investigator

Apr 2018 – Oct 2018
Stakeholder Engagement and Multi-Risk Assessment in Dental Care Settings
UNIV OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM · Co-Investigator

Apr 2017 – Mar 2018
The National Dental PBRN FY18
UNIV OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM · Co-Investigator

Dec 2016 – Jul 2019
Establishing and Evaluating a School and University Campus-Based Approach to Implementing Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) Disease Recommendations in Older Adolescents and Young Adults.
PFIZER INC · Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator

Feb 2016 – Jan 2020
Maximizing HPV vaccination: Real-time Reminders, Guidance, and Recommendations
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI · Principal Investigator

Dec 2015 – Oct 2016
Staras HPV R01 Pilot – Miscellaneous Donors
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS · Principal Investigator

Jul 2015 – Jun 2024
Florida Academic Cancer Center Alliance Seed Grants
UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL · Project Manager

Feb 2015 – Oct 2023
UF Health Cancer Center Pilot Project Grants funded through the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program
UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL · Project Manager

Jun 2014 – Dec 2017
OneFlorida Cancer Control Network
FL DEPT OF HLTH BIOMED RES PGM/J&E KING · Project Manager

Jul 2006 – Dec 2020
21st Century Research & Economic Development Investment Program (REDIP)
STATE UNIV SYS OF FL BOARD OF GOVERNORS · Project Manager

2016-2018
Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer Fellowship
Washington University, St. Louis
2006
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Epidemiology
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University
2000
Master of Science of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
1998
Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology
Bucknell University
1998
Bachelor of Science , Department of Mathematics
Bucknell University