Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Investigating the social, societal and statistical factors influencing specific cancers within Rhode Island.
Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Investigating the social, societal and statistical factors influencing specific cancers within Rhode Island.
Program Leader
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Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI
Co-Leader of Cancer Prevention & Control Program
The Cancer Prevention & Control Program includes investigators with focus on population and health services research, nicotine addiction, cancer prevention, biomarkers and disease epidemiology, comparative effectiveness research and outcomes research. Program meetings are held every two weeks throughout the year. A number of investigators have expertise in computational biology, biostatistics methods, and behavioral medicine interventions. This program encourages the interaction of investigators at the School of Public Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School and the Brown University-affiliated hospitals. The Program has a major focus on cancers and problems that affect the population of Rhode Island.
In 2019, Rhode Island's rates of bladder cancer were among highest in the nation. Members of the Cancer Prevention & Control Program are working to identify factors influencing bladder cancer in our state, as well as factors affecting lung cancer, tobacco addiction and cessation, opioid addiction, breast cancer, skin cancer, geriatric oncology, and barriers to the accessibility of care. Efforts to translate novel concepts are supported by the Translational Research Disease Groups (TRDGs), which are additional cancer disease-based group meetings that occur in parallel to the Cancer Prevention & Control Program meetings. Each of the 11 disease-based TRDGs meets every 2-3 months, with emerging projects being presented at the Cancer Prevention & Control Program meetings.
Members
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Ana Abrantes, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Medicine -
Tanya Benitez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) -
Beth Bock, MD, PhD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Rachel Cassidy, PhD
Vice Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) -
Philip Chan, MD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Medicine -
Eunyoung Cho, ScD
Associate Professor of Dermatology; Associate Professor of Epidemiology -
Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Director of Biostatistics for Brown University School of Public Health -
Suzanne Colby, PhD
Associate Director of Applied Learning for the MPH Program; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Lauren Connell Bohlen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Lorin Crawford, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics -
Fenghai Duan, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics -
Christine Duffy, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Shira Dunsiger, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics (Research); Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research); Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) -
Pam Egan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Anashua Rani Ghose Elwy, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Timothy Flanigan, MD
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice -
Mary Flynn, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Omar Galarraga, PhD
Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services, Policy and Practice; Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice -
Ilana Gareen, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Research) -
Constantine Gatsonis, PhD
Henry Ledyard Goddard University Professor of Statistical Sciences; Director of the Center for Statistical Sciences -
Dragan Golijanin, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery -
Dana Guyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Joseph Hogan, ScD
Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health; Professor of Biostatistics; Chair of Biostatistics -
Rebecca Hubbard, PhD
Carl Kawaja and Wendy Holcombe Professor of Public Health, Director of School of Public Health -
Randall Ingham, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Ernestine Jennings, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Christopher Kahler, PhD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Director of Alcohol and Addiction Studies; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Karl Kelsey, MD, MOH
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology -
Morganne Kraines, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Ying Ma, PhD
Edens Family Assistant Professor of Healthcare Communications and Technology, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics -
Bess Marcus, PhD
Interim Associate Director for Population Sciences -
Jennifer Merrill, PhD
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Lauren Micalizzi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) -
Mollie Monnig, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Peter Monti, PhD
Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Cara Murphy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Amy Nunn, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Arman Oranisian, PhD
Thomas J. and Alice M. Tisch Assistant Professor of Biostatistics -
Melissa Pielech, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Sohini Ramachandran, PhD
Director of the Data Science Institute; Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science; Professor of Computer Science -
Sana Raoof, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology -
Patricia Risica, DrPH
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Director of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Public Health; Associate Professor of Epidemiology -
Sherise Rogers, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine -
Damaris Rohsenow, PhD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) -
Rochelle Rosen, PhD
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI
Co-Leader of Cancer Prevention & Control Program -
Christopher Schmid, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics -
Jon Steingrimsson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics -
Rochelle Strenger, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine -
Laura Stroud, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Jennifer Tidey, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Hayley Treloar Padovano, PhD
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Lisa Uebelacker, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Jessica Unick, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) -
Alper Uzun, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Research), Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research) -
Ece Uzun, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Tayla von Ash, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Jeremy Warner, MD, FAMIA, FASCO
Associate Director for Data Sciences -
Martin Weinstock, MD, PhD
Professor of Dermatology -
Joanne Wilkinson, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Family Medicine -
David Williams, PhD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Associate Dean of School of Public Health -
Rena Wing, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Oliver Wisco, DO
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator -
Sabrina Witherby, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator -
Zhijin (Jean) Wu, PhD
Director of the Doctoral Program in Biostatistics; Professor of Biostatistics