Mission

The overarching scientific objective of the University of Florida Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Cancer Population Sciences program (CPS) is to understand and reduce cancer risks and cancer-related burden within the UFHCC catchment area.

The UFHCC catchment area comprises 22 counties with high rates of cancer and cancer risk factors, including smoking, among residents who face disadvantages due to race/ethnicity, poverty, rurality, older age and poor health literacy. To address these challenges and to better understand contributors to the burden of cancer, CPS members conduct population-based and cancer control research to understand risk factors for cancer, improve cancer prevention and screening, symptom management, and palliative care and to enhance survivorship for patients.

These projects study the biological, psychological and sociological underpinnings of cancer-related symptoms and treatment-related toxicities. Another research focus of the CPS program is assessing (in order to eliminate) cancer-related health disparities. This community-engaged cancer research addresses disparities faced by rural, African-American, low-income and older individuals in the UFHCC catchment area, including low cancer screening rates, advanced stage diagnoses and high mortality. The CPS research is conducted in real world clinical and community settings using novel data science methodologies and tools to determine the effects of interventions delivered in the context within which individuals live and seek care.

Program Members

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Name	Degree(s)	Research Program	Title	Department	Lab Page	College	Research Interest Topics
O'Neal, Latoya	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist	Family, Youth & Community Sciences	Lab	Agricultural & Life Sciences	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Gutter, Michael S	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Extension Administration		Agricultural & Life Sciences	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Quality of Life Issues; Financial Burden
Irani, Tracy	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Family, Youth & Community Sciences		Agricultural & Life Sciences	Cancer Communications
Migliorati, Cesar A	D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Dean & Professor	Oral & Maxiollofacial Surgery and Diagnostics Science		Dentistry	Head & Neck; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Integrative Medicine; Palliative Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Fillingim, Roger	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Distinguished Professor	Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science		Dentistry	Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Health Disparities; Pain
Alvarado, Michelle	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Lab	Engineering	Chemotherapy; Health Disparities; Radiation Oncology; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology
Bolch, Wesley	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Biomedical Engineering		Engineering	Radiation Toxicity
Jake-Schoffman, Danielle	Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Health Education & Behavior	Lab	Health & Human Performance	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Communications; Cancer Prevention; Gynecological
Christou, Demetra	Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Lab	Health & Human Performance	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Gynecological; Nutrition; Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues; Rehabilitation
Rowland, Diane	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chair, Center Director & Professor	Agronomy		IFAS	Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility
Fisher, Carla	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Advertising	Lab	Journalism & Communications	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Bylund, Carma	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Public Relations		Journalism & Communications	Cancer Communication; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Provide-Patient Communication; Systematic Review Methods
Krieger, Janice	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Director, STEM Translational Communication Center & Professor, Department of Advertising	Advertising		Journalism & Communications	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communications; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities
Alpert, Jordan	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Advertising	Lab	Journalism & Communications	Cancer Communications; Cancer Information; Cancer Survivorship; Health Disparities
Lee, Yu-Hao	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Telecommunications		Journalism & Communications	Cancer Information
Strekalova, Yulia	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Research Assistant Professor	Graduate Studies & Research	Lab	Journalism & Communications	Cancer Genetics; Cancer Information; Health Disparities; Integrative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
McCarty, Christopher	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Director, Associate Dean	Center for African Studies		Liberal Arts & Sciences	Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship
Bluck, Susan	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Psychology	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Cancer Communications; Palliative Medicine
Tucker, Carolyn	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Psychology	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Genetic Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Dallery, Jesse	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Psychology	Lab	Liberal Arts & Sciences	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Environment; Health Disparities
Daniels, Michael	ScD	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chair & Professor	Statistics		Liberal Arts & Sciences	Biostatistics; Bioinformatics
Setlow, Barry	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Psychiatry		Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Environment
Anton, Stephen	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor & Chief, Division of Clinical Research	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
Manini, Todd	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Aging & Geriatric Research		Medicine	Cancer Survivorship; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology
Bian, Jiang	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Director of Cancer Informatics & Ehealth Core & Associate Professor	Biomedical Informatics		Medicine	Biomedical Informatics; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention
Guo, Yi	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	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
Hall, Jaclyn	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Research Scientist	Health Outcomes & Policy		Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Environment; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Maldonado-Molina, Mildred	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor & Chair	Department of Health Education & Behavior		Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Muller, Keith	Ph.D, M.A.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Health Outcomes & Policy		Medicine	Angiogenesis; Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Breast; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Radiation Oncology; Stem Cell; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Salloum, Ramzi	Ph.D, M.A., MBA	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Health Outcomes & Policy		Medicine	Tobacco Cessation; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship
Shenkman, Elizabeth	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Department Chair &Professor	Health Outcomes & Policy		Medicine	Implementation Science; Biomedical Informatics; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities; Pediatric Oncology
Staras, Stephanie	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor & Division Director	Health Outcomes & Policy		Medicine	HPV Vaccination; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Infection Control
Wallace, Margaret (Peggy)	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology	Lab	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; Vascular Targeting
Yeung, Anamaria R	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Gynecologic cancers
Swarts, Steven	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Research Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Prevention; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design
Rivkees, Scott	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Eminent Scholar	Pediatric Research		Medicine	Endocrine; Thyroid
Hogan, William	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics		Medicine	Bioinformatics; Cancer Information; Cancer Surveillance
Wu, Yonghui	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics		Medicine	Bioinformatics
Mendenhall, Nancy	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor & Associate Chair	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Information; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Gastro-Intestinal; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Bruijnzeel, Adriaan	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Psychiatry		Medicine	Nicotine Addiction; Pharmacology
Nixon, Sarah Jo	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor & Chief	Psychiatry	Lab	Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Shaw, Christiana	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Associate Professor	General Surgery		Medicine	Bone & Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Breast; Endocrine; Environment; Epidemiology; Head & Neck; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Skin/Melanoma; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid
Forsmark, Chris	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition		Medicine	Liver; Pancreas Cancer
Nelson, David	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition		Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Gastro-Intestinal; Health Disparities; Immunoregulation & Suppression; Immunotherapy; Liver; Tumor Virology/Virus-Host Interactions
Castagno, Jacqueline	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chief & Clinical Associate Professor	Obstetrics & Gynecology		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
Bradley, Julie	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Gynecological; Pediatrics; Imaging; Radiation Oncology
Murphy, Martina	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Medicine - Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Communications; Gynecological; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues
Sattari, Maryam	M.D., MS	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Medicine		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Communications; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Gastro-Intestinal; Gynecological; Health Disparities
Farhadfar, Nosha	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Quality of Life Issues
Black, Lucien (Vandy)	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Associate Professor	Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Bioinformatics; Health Disparities; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Su, Li-Ming	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chairman	Urology		Medicine	Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Kidney; Nanotechnology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Quality of Life Issues; Surgical Oncology
O'Dell, Walter	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Radiation Oncology	Lab	Medicine	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Tighe, Patrick	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Anesthesiology	Lab	Medicine	Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Bioinformatics; Epidemiology; Pain; Palliative Medicine
Okunieff, Paul	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS) & Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Professor & Chair	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Angiogenesis; Apoptosis & Cell Death Pathways; Breast; DNA Damage & Repair; Drug Design; Health Disparities; Liver; Metastasis; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Slayton, William	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS) & Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)	Associate Professor	Hematology & Oncology		Medicine	Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Leukemia; Pediatric Oncology
Amdur, Robert	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor & Residency Program Director	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Head & Neck; Skin/Melanoma; Thyroid; Symptom Improvement
Singh Ospina, Naykky	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Endocrinology		Medicine	Cancer Communications; Endocrine; Epidemiology; Thyroid
Kittelson, Sheri	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Director & Division Chief	Medicine - Palliative Care		Medicine	Palliative Medicine
Mailhot, Raymond	M.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Radiation Oncology		Medicine	Breast; Cancer Survivorship; Pediatric Oncology; Quality of Life Issues; Radiation Oncology
Scarton, Lisa	Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Family, Community & Health Systems Science		Nursing	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Gastro-Instestinal; Health Disparities; Palliative Medicine.
Ezenwa, Miriam	Ph.D, RN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Adult & Elderly Nursing		Nursing	Cancer Survivorship; Pain; Palliative Medicine
Keenan, Gail	Ph.D., RN, FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor & Chair	Family, Youth & Community Sciences		Nursing	Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Health Disparities
Kelly, Debra	Ph.D., R.N., OCN, CNE, FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	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.
Lyon, Debra	Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Biobehavioral Nursing Science		Nursing	Anesthesiology/Pain Management; Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Breast; Cancer Genetics
McDaniel, Anna	Ph.D, R.N., FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Dean & Professor	Biobehavioral Nursing Science		Nursing	Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship
Weaver, Michael	Ph.D, R.N., FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Dean & Professor	Research Affairs		Nursing	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Biostatistics; Cancer Genetics; Quality of Life Issues
Wilkie, Diana	Ph.D, R.N., FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Biobehavioral Nursing Science		Nursing	Pain Management; Cancer Survivorship; Head & Neck; Health Disparities; Lung; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Rehabilitation
Yao, Yingwei	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Research Associate Professor	Biobehavioral Nursing Science		Nursing	Biostatistics; Pain
Yoon, Saunjoo	Ph.D, R.N.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Biobehavioral Nursing Science	Lab	Nursing	Cancer Survivorship; Gastro-Intestinal; Infection Control; Integrative Medicine; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer; Pain; Palliative Medicine; Quality of Life Issues
Johnson-Mallard, Versie	Ph.D., ARNP, FAAN	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chair & Associate Professor	Family, Youth & Community Sciences		Nursing Jacksonville	Cancer Prevention
Odedina, Folakemi	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research		Pharmacy	Breast; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Liver; Lung; Metastasis; Neuro-Oncology; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Pediatric Oncology; Radiation Oncology; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Cavallari, Larisa	PharmD, BCPS, FCCP	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research		Pharmacy	Pharmacogenetics
Diaby, Vakaramoko	Ph.D, MSc, CRAl	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy		Pharmacy	Pharmacoeconomics; Biostatistics; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues; Targeted Cancer Therapy
Johnson, Julie	PharmD	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Distinguished Professor	Deans Office		Pharmacy	Targeted Cancer Therapy; Chemotherapy; Pharmacogenomics
McMahon, Lance	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Chair & Professor	Pharmacodynamics		Pharmacy	Nicotine Addiction; Pharmacology
Striley, Catherine	Ph.D, MSW, ACSW, MPE	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Director, Master of Science in Epidemiology Program, Director, Certificate in Psychiatric Epidemiology Program	Epidemiology & Health Policy Research		Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Pereira, Deidre	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Clinical & Health Psychology		Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Survivorship; Gynecological; Hematologic Malignancies/Blood & Marrow Transplant; Pain; Quality of Life Issues
Yaghjyan, Lusine	Ph.D, M.D., MPH	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Epidemiology		Public Health & Health Professions	Breast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Noninvasive Imaging/Tomography; Stem Cell
Prosperi, Mattia	Ph.D, MEng	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Epidemiology	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Bioinformatics; Cancer Prevention; Drug Resistance; Epigenetics & Cancer; Genetic Determinants of Cancer
Cheng, Ting-Yuan (David)	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Assistant Professor	Epidemiology		Public Health & Health Professions	Breast; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Survivorship; Cancer Susceptibility; Environment; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Lung; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Perri, Michael	Ph.D, ABPP	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Dean & Professor	Clinical & Health Psychology		Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Health Disparities
Judge, Andrew	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Physical Therapy	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Muscle Biology; Cell Signaling Pathways; Epigenetics & Gene Regulation; Gene Therapy;
Janicke, David	Ph.D, ABPP	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Department Chair & Professor	Clinical & Health Psychology	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities; Leukemia; Nutrition, Dietary Supplements & Cancer
Cottler, Linda	Ph.D, MPH	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Professor	Epidemiology	Lab	Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Information; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Epidemiology; Health Disparities
Jo, Ara	Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Health Services Research, Management & Policy		Public Health & Health Professions	Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Integrative Medicine
Datta, Santanu	Ph.D.	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Health Education & Behavior		Public Health & Health Professions	Cancer Communications; Cancer Prevention; Genital-Urinary/Prostate; Lung; Quality of Life Issues
King, Lindsey	Ph.D., MPH, CHES, CCRP, CTTS	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Clinical Assistant Professor	Health Services Research, Management & Policy		Public Health & Health Professions	Behavioral Determinants of Cancer; Cancer Communications; Cancer Genetics; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Surveillance; Cancer Survivorship; Epidemiology; Epigenetics & Cancer; Health Disparities; Quality of Life Issues
Guha, Subharup	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Associate Professor	Biostatistics		Public Health and Health Professions	Biostatistics; Lung
Lee, Ji-Hyun	Ph.D	Cancer Population Sciences (CPS)	Director & Professor	Biostatistics		Public Health and Health Professions & Medicine	Biostatistics