Legorreta Cancer Center

Cancer Prevention & Control Program

Investigating the social, societal and statistical factors influencing specific cancers within Rhode Island.

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Cancer Prevention & Control Program

Investigating the social, societal and statistical factors influencing specific cancers within Rhode Island.

Program Leader

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

Ana Abrantes, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Medicine
Beth Bock, MD, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Rachel Cassidy, PhD

Vice Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
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
Patricia Cioe, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Suzanne Colby, PhD

Associate Director of Applied Learning for the MPH Program; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Lorin Crawford, PhD

Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD

Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Medicine
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)
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
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
Bess Marcus, PhD

Interim Associate Director for Population Sciences
Rosemarie Martin, PhD

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social 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
Vincent Mor, PhD

Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice; Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Cara Murphy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Thomas Ollilia, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adam Olszewski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Sohini Ramachandran, PhD

Director of the Data Science Institute; Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science; Professor of Computer Science
Patricia Risica, DrPH

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Director of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Public Health; Associate Professor of Epidemiology
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
Lori Scott-Sheldon, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
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
Jessica Unick, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research)
Jeremy Warner, MD, FAMIA, FASCO

Associate Director for Data Sciences
Martin Weinstock, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology
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