Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)
SAVE THE DATECPS program meetings will be held the 4th Monday of every month3:00 PM – 4:00 PMHPNP Building Rm 32031225 Center Dr., Gainesville, FL 32601Contact: Natalie Roman | natalie.roman@ufl.edu |
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.
Aims
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Advance cancer communication and shared decision-making
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Advance symptom science and palliative care research
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Support the development and implementation of multilevel interventions across the cancer care continuum
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Leverage diverse methodological approaches and tools via inter- and intra-programmatic interactions
Program Co-Leaders
Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, comes to UF from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she served as professor and Harriet J. Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research. She joined UF in 2015.
Dr. Wilkie, a member of the Institute of Medicine, has devoted her research program to management of cancer pain and to end-of-life issues. She has been continuously funded since 1986 from numerous organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — totaling more than $37 million. She has authored or co-authored more than 154 scholarly publications and serves as a reviewer on a number of journals, including the Journal of Palliative Medicine, Cancer Nursing and the Journal of Pain.
Her clinical work with cancer patients led to the development of a computer-based pain report system that allows a patient to describe his or her pain and generates a report for the clinician with suggestions for appropriate interventions. Wilkie is leading efforts to establish a Center of Excellence in Palliative Care Research housed within the UF College of Nursing.
Currently, Dr. Wilkie is conducting a randomized clinical trial testing the effects of computerized pain tools on pain control for cancer patients receiving hospice care, a study focused on advanced care planning for African Americans with dementia, and two studies focused on improving outcomes for adults with sickle cell disease. The long-term goal of her research is to help clinicians effectively combine pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for management of acute, chronic and cancer pain.
Janice Krieger, Ph.D.
Janice L. Krieger, Ph.D., is a professor in the Advertising Department and serves as Director of the STEM Translational Communication Center in the College of Journalism and Communications. Dr. Krieger has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles related to her research expertise in designing, implementing, and evaluating translational communication interventions in health and science contexts. She serves as a PI and co-I on several large grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Her research has garnered more than $10 million in grant funding. Dr. Krieger serves on the Editorial Board of Health Communication and the Journal of Health Communication and is chair of the Intergroup Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association.
Dr. Krieger also co-directs the Recruitment Center at the UF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. In this role, she promotes research designed to improve awareness, understanding, and informed decision-making about clinical research participation. Dr. Krieger is also the co-director of the Dissemination Core of the UF Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORNet), where she provides expertise on the effective use of communication in dissemination science activities. She directs an advanced undergraduate research experience course each semester and teaches a doctoral-level seminar on Translational Communication Science each Spring.
Program Members
To request an update, please email ResearchAdmin@cancer.ufl.edu.
| Last Name | Degree(s) | Title | Department | College | Research Interest Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yingwei, Yao | Research Associate Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | ||
Tomar, Scott L. | DMD, Dr.PH | Acting Chair & Professor | Community Dentistry | Dentistry | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Health Disparities |
Farhadfar, Nosha | M.D. | Assistant Professor | Hematology & Oncology | Medicine | Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Graft vs Host Disease; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer, and Quality of Life Issues. |
Forsmark, Chris E.  | M.D. | Professor | Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition | Medicine | |
Nelson, David R. | M.D. | Professor | Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Liver; and Tumor Virology & Virus-Host Interactions |
Rivkees, Scott A. | M.D. | Eminent Scholar | Pediatric Research | Medicine | Endocrine; and Thyroid. |
Silver, Natalie L. | M.D. | Assistant Professor | Otolaryngology | Medicine | Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Cancer Survivorship; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Quality of Life Issues; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid. |
Tighe, Patrick  | M.D. | Assistant Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine | Anesthesiology & Pain Management; Bioinformatics; Epidemiology; Pain; and Palliative Medicine. |
Trevino, Jose G. | M.D. | Assistant Professor | Small Animal Clinical Sciences | Medicine | Cell Signaling Pathways; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Metastasis; Surgical Oncology; and Targeted Cancer Therapy. |
Castagno, Jacqueline  | M.D. | Chief & Clinical Assistant Professor | OBSTETRICS / GYNECOLOGY-GEN | Medicine | Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Cancer Susceptibility; Chemotherapy; Gynecological; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues |
Shaw, Christiana  | M.D. | Clinical Associate Professor | GENERAL SURGERY - ADMIN | Medicine | Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Endocrine; Environment; Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid |
Yeung, Anamaria R.  | M.D. | Clinical Associate Professor | Radiation Oncology | Medicine | |
Brown, Lisa A.  | M.S. | Genetic Counselor | UF Health Cancer Center | Medicine | |
Rotondo, Ronny L. | MDCM | Clinical Assistant Professor | Radiation Oncology | Medicine | Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Neuro-Oncology; Pediatric Oncology; and Radiation Oncology. |
Alpert, Jordan M. | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Advertising | Journalism & Communications | Cancer Communications; Cancer Information; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities |
Anton, Stephen D.  | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Aging & Geriatric Research | Medicine | Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cell Signaling Pathways; Environment; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues. |
Bian, Jiang  | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Biomedical Informatics | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biomedical informatics; Cancer Information; Cancer Communications; Cancer Prevention; Data Integration; and Data Science. |
Bobroff, Linda B.  | Ph.D | Professor | Family, Youth & Community Sciences | Agricultural & Life Sciences | Cancer Prevention |
Bolch, Wesley E.  | Ph.D | Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Engineering | |
Bylund, Carma | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Public Relations | Journalism & Communications | Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Provider-Patient Communication; Systematic Review Methods |
Cheng, Ting-Yuan (David) | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology | Public Health & Health Professions | Breast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Lung; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer, and Molecular Pathology. |
Dallery, Jesse  | Ph.D | Professor | Psychology | Liberal Arts & Sciences | |
Fillingim, Roger B.  | Ph.D | Distinguished Professor | Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science | Dentistry | Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Health Disparities; Pain. |
Fisher, Carla L.  | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Advertising | Journalism & Communications | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Quality of Life Issues; Integrative Medicine. |
Guo, Yi | Ph.D | Research Assistant Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Communications; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues. |
Gutter, Michael | Ph.D | Associate Professor | AG- Extension Administration | IFAS | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Quality of Life Issues; Financial Burden |
Hall, Jaclyn | Ph.D | Assistant Research Scientist | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Environment; Epidemiology; and Health Disparities. |
Irani, Tracy | Ph.D | Associate Professor | IFAS - Agriculture & Life Sciences | IFAS | |
Johnson-Mallard, Versie | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Family Community Health Systems Science | Nursing Jacksonville | Cancer Prevention |
Judge, Andrew | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Physical Therapy | Public Health & Health Professions | Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; and Gene Therapy. |
Keenan, Gail | Ph.D | Professor | Family, Community and Health System Science | Nursing | Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Health Disparities |
Kelly, Debra L. | Ph.D., R.N., OCN, CNE | Assistant Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | Cancer Survivorship; Symptom Burden; Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Cancer Related Symptoms; Palliative Care; Integrative Symptom Management Interventions; Quality of Life throughout the Cancer Trajectory. |
Krieger, Janice L. | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Advertising | Journalism & Communications | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communication; Decision-Making; Rural; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; and Health Disparities. |
Lee, Yu-Hao | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Telecommunications | Journalism & Communications | Cancer Information |
Manini, Todd | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Aging & Geriatric Research | Medicine | Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; and Epidemiology. |
Modave, Francios P. | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Biomedical informatics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; and Health Disparities. |
Nixon, Sara J. | Ph.D | Professor | Psychiatry | Medicine | |
Odedina, Folakemi T. | Ph.D | Professor | Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research | Pharmacy | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; and Health Disparities. |
O'Dell, Walter G. | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Radiation Oncology | Medicine | Breast; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Liver; Lung; Metastasis; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging & Tomography; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology; and Targeted Cancer Therapy. |
O'Neal, Latoya | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Family, Youth & Community Sciences | IFAS | |
Pereira, Deidre B. | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Clinical & Health Psychology | Public Health & Health Professions | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Survivorship; Gynecological; Hematologic Malignancies/ Bone & Marrow Transplant; Pain; and Quality of Life Issues. |
Setlow, Barry | Ph.D | Professor | Psychiatry | Medicine | |
Shenkman, Elizabeth | Ph.D | Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Bioinformatics; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities; and Pediatric Oncology. |
Sonawane, Kalyani  | Ph.D | Clinical Assistant Professor | Health Services Research, Management & Policy | Public Health & Health Professions | |
Staras, Stephanie A. S. | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; and Infection Control. |
Strekalova, Yulia A. | Ph.D | Research Assistant Professor | Graduate Studies & Research | Journalism & Communications | Cancer Information; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues. |
Swarts, Steven G. | Ph.D | Research Associate Professor | Radiation Oncology | Medicine | Cancer Prevention; DNA Damage & Repair; and Drug Design. |
Tucker, Carolyn M. | Ph.D | Professor | Psychology | Liberal Arts & Sciences | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; and Health Disparities. |
Wallace, Margaret (Peggy) R. | Ph.D | Professor | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Medicine | Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Cancer Genetics; DNA Damage & Repair; Epigenetics & Cancer; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Head & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Skin/Melanoma; and Vascular Targeting. |
Whitehead, Nicole  | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Clinical & Health Psychology | Public Health & Health Professions | Breast; Cancer Survivorship. |
Xiao, Hong  | Ph.D | Professor | Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy | Pharmacy | |
Yi, Richard  | Ph.D | Associate Professor | Health Education & Behavior | Health & Human Performance | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communications; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities. |
Young, Mary E.  | Ph.D | Clinical Professor | Behavioral Science & Community Health | Public Health & Health Professions | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Survivorship; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Health Disparities; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues; and Rehabilitation. |
Maldonado-Molina, Mildred | Ph.D, | Associate Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | |
Perri, Michael G. | Ph.D, ABPP | Professor | Clinical & Health Psychology | Public Health & Health Professions | |
Migliorati, Cesar | Ph.D, DDS, | Professor | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostics Sciences | Dentistry | Head & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Integrative Medicine; Palliative Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy |
Muller, Keith E. | Ph.D, M.A. | Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Angiogenesis; Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Breast; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging & Tomography; Radiation Oncology; Stem Cell; and Tumor Viology & Virus-Host Interactions. |
Salloum, Ramzi G. | Ph.D, M.A., MBA | Assistant Professor | Health Outcomes & Policy | Medicine | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; and Cancer Survivorship. |
Yaghjyan, Lusine  | Ph.D, M.D., MPH | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology | Public Health & Health Professions | Breast; Cancer Screening/Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Environmental exposures; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Molecular Cancer Epidemiology; Stem cells, Microbiome and cancer; and Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography. |
Huo, Jinhai Stephen | Ph.D, M.D., MSPH | Assistant Professor | Health Services Research | Public Health & Health Professions | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Health Disparities; Liver; Lung; Palliative Medicine |
Prosperi, Mattia | Ph.D, MEng | Associate Professor | Epidemiology | Public Health & Health Professions | Bioinformatics; Drug Resistance; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Epigenetics & Cancer. |
Cottler, Linda B.  | Ph.D, MPH | Professor | Epidemiology | Public Health & Health Professions | Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; and Recruitment Methods. |
Deshmukh, Ashish A. | Ph.D, MPH | Assistant Professor | Health Services Research, Management & Policy | Public Health & Health Professions | Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Clinical Decision Making; Cost Effective Analysis; Epidemiology; Gastro-Intestinal; Head & Neck; Quality of Life Issues; and Radiation Oncology. |
Diaby, Vakaramoko (Karam) | Ph.D, MSc, CRAl | Assistant Professor | Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy | Pharmacy | Biostatistics; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues; Targeted Cancer Therapy |
Striley, Catherine | Ph.D, MSW, ACSW, MPE | Assistant Professor | Epidemiology & Health Policy Research | Public Health & Health Professions | |
Lyon, Debra E. | Ph.D, R.N. | Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | Anesthesiology & Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; and Cancer Genetics. |
Yoon, Saunjoo  | Ph.D, R.N. | Associate Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | Cancer Cachexia; Cancer Survivorship; Gastro-Intestinal; Infection Control; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pain; Palliative Medicine; and Quality of Life Issues. |
Mcdaniel, Anna M. | Ph.D, R.N., FAAN | Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | Cancer Information; Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; and Cancer Survivorship. |
Weaver, Michael T. | Ph.D, R.N., FAAN | Professor | Research Affairs | Nursing | |
Wilkie, Diana J.  | Ph.D, R.N., FAAN | Professor | Biobehavioral Nursing Science | Nursing | Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Cancer Survivorship; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Lung; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Surgical Oncology. |
Ezenwa, Miriam O.  | Ph.D, RN | Associate Professor | Adult & Elderly Nursing | Nursing | Cancer Survivorship; Pain; Palliative Medicine |
Cimiotti, Jeannie P.  | Ph.D, RN, FAAN | Associate Professor | Family Community Health Systems Science | Nursing | |
Cavallari, Larisa  | PharmD | Associate Professor | Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research | Pharmacy | Pharmacogenetics |
Bluck, Susan | Ph.D | Professor | Psychology | Liberal Arts & Sciences | Cancer Communications; Palliative Medicine |
Alvarado, Michelle | Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Industrial & Systems Engineering | Engineering | Chemotherapy; Health Disparities; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology |