Welcome to our Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) quarterly newsletter. The goal in producing this newsletter is to keep our members informed and involved. We are highlighting opportunities for collaborations, new funding opportunities, new grants and promotions, new members, and upcoming seminars and events. We always welcome your suggestions and contributions for future issues. Past issues of the CPC Newsletter can be found online here at the Rutgers Cancer Institute's website.
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New Year's Message from CPC Co-Leaders
We have an exciting year coming our way, with the Cancer Center Support Grant being reviewed and the NIH Site Visit in the Spring. You can be proud of what you and our program have accomplished in the past five years, and we want to express our gratitude to all our members for all your efforts. We will keep you updated at our CPC meetings in 2023. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Our best wishes for a Happy New Year!
Carolyn Heckman and Elisa Bandera
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Ayana April-Sanders, PhD, MPH
Instructor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Rutgers School of Public Health
Dr. April-Sanders' interests include: risk and protective factors for the etiology and progression of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases in minoritized populations, cardiometabolic health risks and care continuum among underserved young adult/early midlife cancer survivors and early origins of health and disease (i.e., early life adversity, pubertal development, childhood obesity).
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Zhaomeng Niu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Informatics
Rutgers School of Health Professions
Dr. Zhaomeng Niu's research interests include: cancer prevention and control, health disparities, health communication, ehealth and mhealth interventions, social and behavioral science, persuasive message design, community-based participatory research and cultural adaptation.
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Upcoming Events - Save the Date | |
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CPC Program Seminars
Click the registration link below to pre-register for each of the following CPC seminars.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Sharon Manne, PhD
Chief, Section of Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Cancer Survivorship and Outcomes Center
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Carolyn Heckman, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
"Skin Cancer Prevention and Control: Digital Interventions and Policy Issues"
Host: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Lingyuan Hu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health
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Farzin Khosrow-Khavar, PhD
Instructor
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health
Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD
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Monday, March 20, 2023
3:00 - 4:00pm
Susan A. Shapses, PhD, RD
Professor of Nutritional Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Director of the Human Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism Center (NEXT Center)
Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
3:00 - 4:00pm
Lauren Daniel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Chaelin "Karen" Ra, PhD
Instructor
Section of Behavioral Sciences
Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD
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Grand Rounds and Distinguished Lectures | |
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February 15, 2023
4:00 - 5:00pm
Tara O. Henderson, MD, MPH, FASCO
Arthur and Marian Edelstein Professor of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Chief, Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance (CCHA) Cancer and Blood
Disorders Service Line
The University of Chicago
Hosts: Sharon Manne, PhD and Katie Devine, PhD, MPH
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
Auditorium A
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
4:00 - 5:00pm
Neil M. Iyengar, MD
Assistant Member and Attending Physician
Breast Medicine Service
Associate Attending Physician
The Rockefeller University
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Host: Sharon Manne, PhD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
Auditorium A
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March 22, 2023
4:00 - 5:00pm
Erin E. Kent, PhD, MS
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Host: Sharon Manne, PhD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
Auditorium A
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April 5, 2023
4:00 - 5:00pm
Scherezade K. Mama, DrPH
Assistant Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Host: Sharon Manne, PhD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
Auditorium A
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Cancer Health Equity Center of Excellence | |
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January 31, 2023
2:00 - 3:00pm
Melissa B. Davis, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine
Director of Health Equity, Englander Institute of Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
Scientific Director of the International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes
Cancer and Ethnicity Scholar, P1000 Project at New York Genome Center
Hosts: Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR and Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
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Cancer Survivorship and Outcomes Center | |
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January 25, 2023
12:00 - 1:00pm
Wynne Norton, PhD
Program Director in Implementation Science in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at NIH will be giving a presentation.
More information about Dr. Norton can be found here.
Co-Sponsors: Sharon Manne, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD,
Dissemination and Implementation Working Group
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Pre and Post Doc Seminar Series
March 17, 2023
12:00 - 1:00pm
Speaker: Carola Sanchez Diaz, PhD
Host: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
Auditorium B
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Upcoming Professional Events and Conferences
SfHP/SBM New Year’s Networking: Cancer
January 25, 2023 - 4:00pm ET.
Join a FREE networking event to learn more about SfHP and SBM Cancer SIG and connect on cancer-oriented opportunities for collaboration across societies. Hosted by Bernardine Pinto, PhD (SBM Cancer SIG) and Barbara Andersen, PhD (SfHP Past-President) and moderated by Julia Rowland, PhD.
2023 NIH Grants Conference
February 1-2, 2023. This free virtual conference has information for both administrators and principal investigators.
American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) 47th Annual Meeting
March 12-14, 2023 - (San Diego, CA)
AACR Annual Meeting 2023
April 14-19, 2023 - (Orlando, FL)
Advance Registration deadline is February 24, 2023
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 44th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions
April 26-29, 2023 - (Phoenix, AZ)
Registration is now open! Prices increase after March 22, 2023.
2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
June 2-6, 2023 - (Chicago, IL)
Abstracts Due: February 14, 2023
Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
July 18-21, 2023 - (Boston, MA)
Applications for the 2023 EWIMS seminar will open in mid-February.
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Grant Awards:
2022-2024. Carola Sanchez Diaz, PhD
Title: "Neighborhood Archetypes, Adiposity, and Quality of Life in African American and Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Mentors: Bo Qin, PhD, Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
Sponsor: New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research
Grant # COCR23PDF006
2022-2024. Carola Sanchez Diaz, PhD
Title: "Understanding the role of COVID-19 pandemic in ovarian `cancer. Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research"
Mentor: Elisa Bandera, MD PhD
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Grant # 3R01CA243188-03S1
2022-2027. PI: Nina Cooperman, PsyD
Title: “Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Tobacco Dependence and Other Drug use in Methadone Treatment”
Sponsor: NIDA-HEAL
Grant # 1R01DA057631-01
Pilot Awards:
2022-2023. Co-PI's: Jaya Satagopan, PhD and Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
Title: "Implementing and evaluating recruitment and data collection strategies for the Cancer Analytics and South Asian Health - Breast Cancer (CANSAH-BC) Pilot Study"
Sponsor: Cancer Health Equity Center of Excellence (CHECoE) Pilot Award Program
2023. PI: Benjamin Bates, MD
Title: “Novel Cancer Therapies and The Changing Landscape of Cancer Survivorship: What is the Role for Primary Care During Cancer Treatment”
Sponsor: Cancer Survivorship Research Center Pilot Award Program
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Congratulations to CPC Members
Congrats to several CPC faculty on recent appointments and promotions!
Pictured from left to right, Yanxiang (Jessie) Guo, PhD, Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, Nur Zeinomar, PhD, Raquel (Kelly) Kohler, PhD, MSPH, Hari S. Iyer, ScD, MPH, Katie Devine, PhD, MPH, Carolyn Heckman, PhD. Faculty highlighted were promoted or tenured in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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Presentations at National and International Conferences | |
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Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, was an invited speaker and panelist for the “The evolving science behind the guidelines: challenges and research gaps, Session: 2022 American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guideline for Cancer Survivors: Hot off the Press!" for the Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo - FNCE (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), Orlando, Florida, October 10, 2022.
Benjamin Bates, MD, Denalee O'Malley, PhD, Benjamin Crabtree, PhD and Shawna Hudson, PhD, presented a poster titled, “Recent Innovations in Primary Care Cancer Survivorship Care Delivery” at the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona,
November 18-22, 2022.
Benjamin Crabtree, PhD, presented a poster titled, “Oncology's Perspectives on Cancer Survivorship: What role should primary care play?” at the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, November 18-22, 2022.
Kathryn Greene, PhD, MA, presented a paper titled, "The influence of perceived provider empathy on disclosure decision making" at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17, 2022. Dr. Greene also presented a poster titled, "Disclosing patients' cancer-related information: Support persons' involvement in and holding back from sharing cancer-related concerns with oncology providers" at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2022.
Shawna Hudson, PhD, Pamela Strickland, PhD and Denalee O'Malley, PhD, presented a poster titled, “Extended cancer education for longer term survivors (EXCELS) in Primary Care: Findings from a Randomized Control Trial” at the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, November 18-22, 2022.
Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave a presentation titled, “Influence of neighborhood social and natural environment on prostatic tumor histology in a US-based cohort of male health professionals” at the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Athens, Greece, September 18-21, 2022.
Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, presented a summary of the Public Awareness and Outreach Lung Cancer Screening Work Group at the National Lung Cancer Roundtable, Washington, DC, December 6, 2022. Dr. Kinney also presented at a seminar titled, “Promoting Equity in Precision Cancer Control” at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention and Control Grand Rounds, Houston, Texas, December 9, 2022.
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Presentations in New Jersey | |
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Kathryn Greene, PhD, MA, presented a presentation titled, "Psychological adjustment across the breast cancer illness trajectory & the role of provider communication" for the Cancer Survivorship Group (CSOG) at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey,
October 13, 2022.
Mary O'Dowd, MPH, presented a lecture titled, “What the Eyes Don’t See: Stories from the Frontlines of the Flint Water Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Mary E. O’Dowd" at the 2022 Anita Ashok Datar Lecture on Women’s Global Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey,
November 17, 2022.
Carola Sanchez Diaz, MS, PhD, presented a poster titled, “Neighborhood Archetypes and Cardiovascular Health Among Black Breast Cancer Survivors in the Women’s Circle of Health Follow-Up Study" at the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research Annual Symposium, Hamilton Township, New Jersey, November 9, 2022.
Mentors: Bo Qin, PhD, Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
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Bidirectional Community Engagement | |
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January 11, 2023. Community Science Café. Joshua D. Rabinowitz, MD, PhD, Director, Ludwig Princeton Branch, Professor of Chemistry and the Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University will conduct an open discussion about "Diet, Metabolism, and Cancer."
January 10, 2023. Citizen Scientist Science Café. Kathryn Greene, PhD, a Professor for Department of Communication at Rutgers University and Member of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), in collaboration with the Community Outreach and Engagement team, will be hosting a Community Scientist Science Café with COE’s Community Scientist Group to gain feedback on her survey for her Prostate Cancer Care Communication (PCCC) Study.
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November 11, 2022. Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR gave a talk titled “Addressing the Catchment Burden and Connecting to the Communities CINJ Serves.”
October 14, 2022. Gary Kwok, PhD gave a talk titled “Leveraging Meditation Mobile Application in Survivorship Care among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer."
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CPC Program Monthly Meetings | |
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December 20, 2022
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director, Rutgers Center of Tobacco Studies Associate Professor,
Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health
“Nicotine Beliefs: Randomized Trials of Measurement and Messaging”
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November 15, 2022
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Hari S. Iyer, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes
“Harnessing Neighborhood Factors for the Precision Prevention of Prostate Cancer”
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October 18, 2022
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Sam Trejo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Office of Population Research
Princeton University
"What Makes Us Unequal? Understanding Disagreement Regarding
Genes and Social Inequality"
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Grand Rounds and Distinguished Lectures
November 16, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Edward L. Giovannucci, MD, ScD
Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Epidemiologist
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
“Diet, Physical Activity and Cancer Rick: An Insulin-Centric Perspective”
Host: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
November 2, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Erica T. Warner, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center
“Beyond Descriptions: Addressing Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival"
Host: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD
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CINJ Dissemination and Implementation Working Group | |
November 3, 2022. Lauren Daniel, PhD presented a WIP on her R01 grant resubmission titled, "Bright Light to Reduce Cancer Related Fatigue in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA): Efficacy and Preliminary Determinants of Implementation." | |
ScreenNJ “LifeSaver” Mobile Health Unit Unveiling | |
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ScreenNJ’s “LifeSaver” mobile health unit was unveiled on November 15, 2022 with Rutgers Cancer
Institute of New Jersey - CINJ and the New Jersey Department of Health. This vehicle will support efforts to provide cancer screenings, follow-up care, and health education to underserved and hard-to-reach residents in New Jersey. The colorful design on the unit is the result of an art contest sponsored by ScreenNJ, which features the work of winning entries by high school students from
Scotch Plains and Westfield, New Jersey. More information about the LifeSaver mobile health unit can be found here.
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New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) Request for Applications (RFA)
The NJCCR would like to inform you that the 2024 NJCCR Request for Applications (RFA) for the following grants (below) has been posted on the NJCCR website.
• NJCCR Research Bridge Grants (COCR24RBG)
• NJCCR Pediatric Research Grants (COCR24PRG)
• NJCCR Pilot Program Research Grants (COCR24PPR)
• NJCCR Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants (COCR24PDF)
• NJCCR Predoctoral Fellowship Grants (COCR24PRF)
The link to the RFA is https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/cancer-researchers/njccr/NJCCR%20RFA11.22.pdf (please copy and paste the URL to your browser)
Mandatory: Technical Assistance and Orientation Meeting- January 26, 2023 - 9:00-11:00am.
For more information, click https://www.state.nj.us/health/ces/cancer-researchers/njccr.shtml
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Cancer Prevention and Outcomes Data Support Shared Resource
The Cancer Prevention and Outcomes Data Support (CPODS) Shared Resource works with members to provide expertise and technical support in the following areas:
1. Participant Recruitment and Tracking
- Assistance with the identification of target sample populations and cases
- Participant recruitment (via mail, email, SMS, web-based, in-person)
- Bilingual staff are available for the recruitment of Spanish-speaking participants
- Customizable study databases for tracking of participant recruitment and retention
2. Survey Data Collection and Management
- Electronic data collection (e.g., mobile and online surveys)
- Paper survey design and automated scanning to facilitate data entry and processing
- Coordination of translation of surveys and multi-lingual data collection
3. Qualitative Data Collection, Management, and Analysis
- In-person, telephone, or web-based data collection of focus groups, key informants, and depth interviews
- Coordination of translation and transcription of audio recordings
- Qualitative coding, preparation of themes, and analysis using Atlas software
For more information and to discuss your project needs, please reach out to Carolina Lozada, Shared Resource Manager at cpods@cinj.rutgers.edu.
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Community Outreach and Engagement
Rapid Grant/Protocol Review
Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) is fully committed to supporting research efforts at Rutgers Cancer Institute and across the state of New Jersey. We focus on reducing cancer health disparities by fostering basic, clinical, and population cancer research that is relevant to our catchment area.
COE offers many catchment area, outreach and data-related support services, including, but not limited to:
- Cancer Registry Data (Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas affiliates)
- Catchment Area Data Requests (New Jersey)
- Rapid Grant/Protocol Review by Citizen Scientists (Community Engagement Café)
- Assistance with Study Recruitment
- Identifying Study Sites
- Educational Workshops and Training
- Connecting Communities with Research Advisory Boards
- Dissemination Strategies
COE - Rapid Grant/Protocol Review by Citizen Scientists Community Engagement Café
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Acknowledging Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) in Publications | |
Please acknowledge the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) in publications that resulted from any CCSG support such as: Pilot Award/New Investigator funds, use of Office of Human Research Services (OHRS), and/or use of any supported CPODS. Publications that acknowledge the CCSG must comply with the NIH Public Access Policy | |
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News to share? We invite you to send your news and updates to be considered for publication in an upcoming issue of The CPC Newsletter.
Please note: All news items must adhere to Rutgers editorial guidelines and Associated Press style; accepted submissions may be edited in accordance with those guidelines. If you also have an accompanying photo you would like to be considered, please submit a high-resolution, print-quality image that is 300 dpi. Email submissions to cpc_program@cinj.rutgers.edu.
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Chief Editors: Drs. Elisa Bandera and Carolyn Heckman
Associate Editor & Production Manager: LaTasha Maloney
Copy Editors: Vanessa Johnson and Susan Fenker
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