Cancer Control & Survivorship Members
The Cancer Control & Survivorship Program actively seeks to improve cancer control and survivorship by developing and implementing methodologically sound, clinically relevant and highly innovative research initiatives that are clinically effective and translational, aimed to reduce the burden of cancer across multiple communities.
Addington, Elizabeth L
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Addington is a clinical health psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences. As a member of Supportive Oncology, she provides individual therapy to adults rece... [more]
Akhter, Nausheen
Associate Professor
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Exploring the role of advanced cardiac imaging, specifically strain imaging, in cardio-oncology and other cardiac diseases. I am currently the PI of a funded prospective study on the use of heart fail... [more]
Amarasekera, Channa
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Amarasekera is a pioneer in the research of health outcomes in urology for men who have sex with men and has developed a framework for how to optimize treatment for prostate cancer among this pati... [more]
Angarone, Michael
Associate Professor
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I am an infectious disease specialist with a special interest in managing infections in immunocompromised patients. I currently work closely with the hematology and stem cell group and assist them in ... [more]
Apkarian, A. Vania
Professor
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Dr. Apkarian has been studying pain for over two decades, both in animal models and fMRI studies in humans. His current interests include cortical dynamics of pain as well as brain plasticity. His ove... [more]
Barber, Emma
Assistant Professor
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I am a gynecologic oncologist and a health services researcher. My research focuses on surgical outcomes in gynecologic oncology patients, practice patterns in the delivery of gynecologic oncology car... [more]
Beach, Lauren
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Lauren B. Beach (they/them and she/her) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences and the Department of Preventive Medicine. She is also Director of the ReACH SGM lab (Re... [more]
Becker, Sara
Professor
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Dr. Becker is a licensed clinical psychologist and implementation scientist dedicated to bridging the gap between research and practice. Dr. Becker studies both patient-focused dissemination (e.g., di... [more]
Beidas, Rinad
Professor
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I am Department Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I served as the Founding Director of the Penn Implementat... [more]
Cella, David
Professor
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Basic and applied social science research to advance the understanding of the mechanisms and measurement of health and disease.