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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.

Apkarian, A. Vania

Bio

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]

Ardehali, Hossein

Bio

Research interests: role of mitochondria and metabolism in cardiovascular disease; cellular iron regulation. Clinical interests: general and preventive cardiology.

Barber, Emma

Barber, Emma

Assistant Professor

Bio

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

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]

Beidas, Rinad

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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]

Budunova, Irina V.

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My research is focused on the role of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and its target genes in skin and prostate tumor development, and regulation of stem cells.We are also very much interes... [more]

Burridge, Paul

Burridge, Paul

Associate Professor

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We use human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to understand the role of the genome in influencing drug efficacy and side effects as well as complex disease traits. We are also interes... [more]

Cella, David

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.

Chang, Chih-Hung

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My career focus in the past 15 years has been in the integration of methodology and technology to improve the quality of care and patient safety. I have initiated a new discipline called “Clinical I... [more]

Choi, Jennifer N

Bio

My clinical research has focused on characterizing the cutaneous side effects associated with chemotherapy and radiation. In particular, I have studied the cutaneous adverse events associated with imm... [more]