The mission of the Cardio-Oncology Working Group is to create a unique multidisciplinary group to foster a collaborative environment between researchers and clinicians who are interested in the field of cardio-oncology (cardiotoxicity of anticancer therapies) to improve the outcomes of cancer patients. The objectives of this working group are to advance cardio-oncology through basic and translational research and to foster early-career investigators.
Current areas of interest include:
- Anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy
- Proteasome inhibitor-related cardiotoxicity
- Radiation therapy-related cardiotoxicity
- Immune checkpoint inhibitor-related cardiotoxicities
- Exercise intervention in cancer patients
- Disparities in cardiotoxicity in cancer patients
- Cardioprotective agents
- Genetics of cardio-oncology
Meeting agenda items will vary and can include:
- Presenting results of studies
- Presentation and discussion of recent publications in the field
- Identification of collaborators
- Discussion to create additional collaborative grant applications
- Presentation of early-stage ideas for feedback
- Discussion to help strengthen proposals before submission to funding agencies
- Presentation by an outside expert
Chairs
Working Group Committee
Demetra Christou, Ph.D., FAHA
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, UF College of Health and Human Performance
Phone: 352-294-1715
Email: ddchristou@ufl.edu
Lakeshia Cousin, Ph.D., APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Science, UF College of Nursing
Phone: 352-273-6318
Email: lakeshiacousin@ufl.edu
Walter O’Dell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, UF College of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Phone: 352-265-7834
Email: ODELWG@shands.ufl.edu
Ashley Smuder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, UF College of Health & Human Performance
Phone: 352-294-1765
Email: asmuder@ufl.edu
Jennifer Woodard, M.P.H., CCRP
Director, Office of Community Outreach & Engagement, UF Health Cancer Center
Associate Director, Clinical Research, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Phone: 352-294-5974
Email: jenwoodard@ufl.edu
For more information about the group, please contact Katelyn Bruno, Ph.D., FHFSA, at Katelyn.Bruno@medicine.ufl.edu or Yan Gong, Ph.D., at gong@cop.ufl.edu.