2024 Edition, Issue #1

Welcome to our Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) semiannual 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.

We want to promote your new grants, presentations, and study recruitment!

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Happy New Year! Wishing you a happy and productive 2024!

Carolyn Heckman and Elisa Bandera

Jon-Patrick Allem, PhD, MA, BA, Associate Professor

Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy School of Public Health Rutgers

Evelyn Arana, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Medical Oncology

Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School

Tara Friebel-Klingner, PhD, MPH, Assistant Research Professor

Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

Melissa Mercincavage, PhD

Assistant Professor

Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies, General Internal Medicine

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Kymberle Sterling, DrPH

Associate Professor

Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies, Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy School of Public Health

Naomi Tan, PhD

Instructor

Division of Medical Oncology

Department of Medicine

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson

Medical School

Tengteng Wang PhD, MSPH, MBBS

Assistant Professor

Section of Cancer Epidemiology and

Health Outcomes, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Upcoming Events - Save the Date

CPC Program Seminars

Click the registration link below to pre-register for each of the following CPC seminars.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Benjamin Crabtree, PhD

Distinguished Professor

Division of Research Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

“Mixed Methods in Cancer Prevention and Control Educational Session”

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD and

Cancer Prevention and Outcomes Data Support (CPODS)

Monday, March 11, 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Yonaira Rivera, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication

School of Communication and Information

"Contextualizing promotoras’ dual identities when navigating health (mis)information

on Facebook and WhatsApp"

&

Maria Venetis, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Communication

School of Communication and Information

"Promoting HPV Vaccination via Digital Storytelling: Piloting an Intervention"

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

April 16, 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Medical Oncology

Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

&

Racquel (Kelly) Kohler, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Behavior, Society & Policy

Rutgers School of Public Health Rutgers

Cancer Institute of New Jersey

"Special Topic: Implementation Science and Epidemiology"

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Co-Hosted by: CINJ Implementation Science Working Group

May 21, 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Niyati Parekh, PhD, MS, RD, FAHA

Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Initiatives

Office of the Provost



Professor of Public Health Nutrition School of Global Public Health

New York University

"Cultural Competency and Mentoring”

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

June 18, 2024

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Xiang Shu, MPH, MS

Assistant Attending Epidemiologist

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Title: TBD

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Co-Hosted: Genomic Instability and Cancer Genetics (GICG) Research Program

Program Leaders: Chang Chan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and

Cristina Montagna, PhD, Professor, Division of Radiation Cancer Biology

Department of Radiation Oncology

Cancer Survivorship and Outcomes Center

Speaker Series

Thursday, February 15, 2024

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Maija Rebin, PhD

Associate Professor,

Family Medicine

University of Vermont Cancer Center

"Family Caregiver"

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH

Professor of Oncology

Georgetown University

"Discrimination and deficit accumulation among cancer survivors"

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lauren McCullough, PhD, MSPH

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

"Structural racism and survivorship"

Education Lecture Series

Thursday, February 29, 2024

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Joan Hogan, DSW, LCSW, OSW-C

Manager of Social Work Services

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

"Cancer and Sexuality"

Thursday, March 21, 2024

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Monica Gilles, MAS, RRT, NCTTP

Clinical Care Coordinator

Tobacco Cessation Counselor

Tobacco Treatment Specialist

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

"Tobacco Cessation"

Thursday, April 25, 2024

5:30 - 6:30 pm



Charles Everette, MPA, CPC, ROCC, LSS

Director Revenue Optimization

Rutgers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

RWJBarnabas Health

"Financial Navigation"

Hosts: Sharon Manne, PhD, FABMR, FSBM and Andrew Evens, DO, MSc, FACP

Upcoming Professional Events and Conferences

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

March 13-16, 2024 - (Philadelphia, PA)

Online Registration Deadline: Open through February 28, 2024. Individuals seeking to register after that should visit the on-site registration desk beginning March 13, 2024. For more information click here.

American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) 48th Annual Meeting

March 17-19, 2024 - (Chicago, IL)

Registration Deadline: Early bird through January 31, 2024. Regular through March 1, 2024

Hotel Reservations Deadline: February 22, 2024

For more information click here.

AACR Annual Meeting 2024

April 5-10, 2024 - (San Diego, CA)

Advance Registration Deadline: February 16, 2024

Hotel Reservations Deadline: February 23, 2024

For more information click here.

2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

May 31-June 4, 2024 - (Chicago, IL)

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 6, 2024 (11:59 PM ET)

Late-breaking Submission Deadline: March 11, 2024 (12:00 PM ET) Abstract placeholder is required by the February 6 deadline.

Hotel Reservation and Early Registration Deadline: April 24, 2024

For more information click here.

2023-2024. Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA

Title: “Institutional Career Development Core”

Sponsor: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Grant #: KL2TR003018

Dr. Halm also became the Co-Director of the Rutgers CTSA KL2 Career Development Program.

2023-2024. Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FABMR

Title: "Multilevel factors associated with disparities in the use of targeted cancer therapies in Medicare"

Sponsor: NIH/NCI

Grant # 3R01CA277599-02S1

2023-2024. Yonaira Rivera, PhD, MPH

Title: "Contextualizing cancer (mis)information engagement & dissemination among adult Latino social media users"

Sponsor: Loan Repayment Program Award( LRP) - Health Disparities

Grant #: 2L60CA264692-02

2024-2026. Tengteng Wang PhD, MSPH, MBBS

Title: "Identifying the role of the gut microbiome in the etiology of benign breast disease"

Sponsor: NCI

Grant #: R00CA267557

2024-2028. Bo Qin, PhD

Title: “A Multilevel Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship Among Black Women: Social Determinants, Lifestyle Patterns, and Inflammatory Pathways”

Sponsor: American Cancer Society

Grant #: RSG-23-1143515-01-CTPS

Congratulations to CPC Members

Kathryn Greene, PhD, MA received Five Awards from the National Communication Association(Distinguished Book Award, Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award, The Dale E. Brashers Distinguished Mentor Award, The Outstanding Contributions to Promoting Equity and Inclusion Award and The Dawn O. Braithwaite Distinguished Book Award. For more information click here.

Carolyn Heckman, PhD assumed the role of Chief of the Behavioral Sciences Section, January 8, 2024. She was also named Fellow, by the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.

Shawna Hudson, PhD was named Fellow, by the Society of Behavioral Medicine and will be inducted March 2024 Philadelphia, PA (Annual Meeting).

Sharon Manne, PhD, FABMR, FSBM was appointed Director, Joint Office of Faculty Mentorship, Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Bo Qin, PhD was accepted to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2024 Early Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, February 20-23, 2024.

Presentations at National and International Conferences

Elizabeth Handorf, PhD, gave two oral presentations titled, “Microsimulation models for therapy sequence in metastatic prostate cancer” and “Use of EHR data to inform state-transition models in advanced bladder cancer” at the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), 2023 Annual Meeting, Rockville, MD, Dec 11-15, 2023.

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave a virtual presentation titled, “Green spaces and cancer: A summary of the evidence and potential mechanisms.” He was an invited speaker as part of online workshop titled “Advancing the science on environment, climate and cancer: challenges and future research” hosted by ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain, October 26-27, 2023.

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave a lecture titled, “Estimating the impact of community-targeted interventions to reduce barriers to screening in Black men with prostate cancer" at the Prostate Cancer Research, UK Awardee Meeting “Tacking inequities in Prostate Cancer,” New York, NY, October 19, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a virtual presentation titled, "Addressing Disparities in Genomic Care for Heredity Cancer," for the Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series, December 8, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a virtual presentation titled, "ASPO (American Society of Preventative Oncology)" at the National Cancer Plan Stakeholder meeting. President’s Cancer Panel and the National Cancer Plan, September 7, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a presentation titled,“Decision Coaching-Navigation Intervention for Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment: Large Effect Size but Room to Grow”

and a virtual poster presentation titled "Mediators of Intervention Effects in a Randomized Controlled Trial Motivating Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment" (Authors included: Jinghua An, Shou-En Lu, Jean McDougall, Scott T. Walters, Yong Lin, Emily Heidt, Antoinette Stroup, Lisa Paddock, Sherry Grumet, Deborah Toppmeyer, and Anita Y. Kinney) at the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), 37th Annual Conference, Bremen, Germany September 4-8, 2023.

Yonaria Rivera PhD, MPH, gave a presentation titled, “Perceived patient centered communication a predictor of clinical trial knowledge and invitation among U.S. Latinos: Findings from the HINTS 2020

survey" at the National Communication Association's 109th Annual Convention: Freedom, National Harbor, MD, November 19, 2023.

Yonaria Rivera PhD, MPH, gave a presentation titled, "Engagement with and utilization of health information on social media among U.S. Latinos" - HINTS 6 (2022), at HINTS Data Users

Conference - National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, September 19-20, 2023.

2023 AACR Conference:

The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorites and the

Medically Underserved

CPC was well represented at the 2023 AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorites and the Medically Underserved in Orlando, Florida

September/October 2023, with 8 poster presentations and one invited oral presentation (Dr. Qin).

Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, gave a poster presentation authored by Bandera EV, Collin LJ, Lee V, Kavecansky J, Garcia C, Sanchez Diaz C, Khosrow-Khavar F, Doherty JA, Lin Gomez S, Kushi titled, "Racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of guideline concordant care among ovarian cancer patients."

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave two poster presentations titled, “Investigating the Connection between Historical Slavery and Prostate Cancer Incidence (2018) by Race - A County-level Analysis” and “Associations of African genetic ancestry and neighborhood social environment with cancer-specific mortality in the Multiethnic Cohort” at the AACR Disparities Meeting 2023.

Bo Qin, PhD, was an invited speaker and panelist on the topic of “Multilevel Factors for Adiposity and Cardiovascular Health Among Black Breast Cancer Survivors” at the AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Session: From Diversity to Equity: Navigating Cancer Survivorship Across the Lifespan. Dr. Qin also

gave a poster presentation authored by Qin B, Vyas M, Moore SC, Su X, White E, Ambrosone CB, Demissie K, Hong CC, Bandera EV titled, "Reproducibility of plasma metabolome over 1 year in a population-based study of Black breast cancer survivors."

Carola Sanchez-Diaz, PhD, gave a poster presentation authored by Sanchez-Diaz CT, Zeinomar N, Iyer HS, Perlstein M, Hong CC, Qin B, Bandera EV titled, "The association of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions with patient-reported outcomes and lifestyle behaviors among breast cancer survivors: Evidence from a cohort of Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors in New Jersey."

Nur Zeinomar, PhD, MPH, gave a poster presentation authored by Zeinomar N, Perlstein M, Qin B, Iyer HS, Plascak JJ, Ambrosone CB, Demissie K, Hong CC, Bandera EV titled, "Associations between experiences of discrimination and quality of life in a cohort of Black/African American breast cancer survivors."

Tina Dharamdasani, MS, PhD Candidate, gave a poster presentation authored by Dharamdasani T, Trivedi P, Zeinomar N, Qin B, Paddock L, Stroup A, Riedlinger G, Ganesan S, Liu H, Kinney AY, Bandera EV, Satagopan JM titled, "Developing a population-based study of South Asian American breast cancer survivors in New Jersey." She received the Scholar-in-Training Award.

Presentations in New Jersey

Kathryn Greene, PhD, MA, gave a virtual presentation titled, “The role of support people in prostate cancer patient-oncologist communication: A preliminary report and overcoming recruitment challenge”. Cancer Prevention and Control Program (CPC) at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, NJ, December 18, 2023.

Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA, gave a lecture titled, “Learning Health Systems and cancer-related population health science.” Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ, annual retreat, New Brunswick, NJ, October 24, 2023.

Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA, gave a lecture titled, “Population health and colorectal cancer screening updates.” Annual NJ Oncology Clinical Practice and Research Summit, New Brunswick, NJ, November 10, 2023.

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave a lecture titled, “Uses and Misuses of “Race” in Research on Cancer Disparities” at the Princeton University and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Cancer Research Symposium, Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, October 17, 2023.

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH, gave a lecture titled, “Prostate cancer prevention and early detection” to the Rutgers Youth Enjoy Science Seminar, New Brunswick, NJ, September 27, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a presentation titled,“Translational Research Continuum” at the 7th Annual Cancer Research Symposium, NJ Commission on Cancer Research Annual Symposium, Hamilton, NJ, November 15, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a presentation titled,“Community Outreach Efforts-Taking Screening to the Community” at the 2024 Annual Oncology Clinical Practice and Research Summit, New Brunswick, NJ, November 10, 2023.

Anita Kinney, RN, PhD, FAAN, FABMR, gave a poster presentation titled, "Promoting Informed Approaches in Precision Oncology and Clinical Trial Participation for Black Patients with Cancer: Community-Engaged Development and Pilot Testing of a Digital Intervention" authored by Jinghua An, Jeanne M. Ferrante, Myneka Macenat, Shridar and Anita Kinney at the Princeton University and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Cancer Research Symposium, Princeton University, NJ, October 17, 2023.

Recent Trainee Seminars

Friday, October 6, 2023, Jinghua An, PhD gave a presentation titled, “Randomized Trail Promoting Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment When Cost Barrier For Genetic Counseling Was Addressed: 1-year Follow-up” from the Kinney Lab for the Rutgers Cancer Institute Trainee Seminar Series.

CPC Program Monthly Meetings

Tuesday, January, 16, 2024

Ayana April-Sanders, PhD, MPH

Instructor

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Rutgers School of Public Health

"Screening for early life adversities among breast cancer survivors in primary care: Proposed application using machine learning approaches"

Antoinette (Nan) Stroup, PhD

Professor

Division of Cancer Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology

School of Public Health

&

Daniel Pearson, MA

Coordinator Data Management

Cancer Health Equity Rutgers

Cancer Institute of New Jersey

"Leveraging STRIDE data for cancer prevention and control research"

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Monday, December 18, 2023

Kathryn Greene, PhD

Professor of Communication

Rutgers School of Communication and Information

"The Role of support people in prostate cancer patient-oncologist communication: a preliminary

report and overcoming recruitment challenges"

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Monday, November 20, 2023

Mariam Eskander, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Surgical Oncology

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

“Socioeconomic Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment”

Ann D. Bagchi, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, APN

Associate Professor of Professional Practice

Department of Supply Chain Management

Rutgers Business School

“Structural approaches to addressing health inequities”

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Program 2023 Annual Retreat

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Hosted by:

Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Co-Leaders of the CPC Program at CINJ

Leadership Presentations

Carolyn Heckman, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief, Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey presented "Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG): Score and Areas to Address."

CINJ Shared Resources Interactive Poster Presentations

David Foran, PhD, Chief Informatics Officer, Director, Computational Imaging & Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, presented "Biomedical Informatics (BISR)."

Greg Riedlinger, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Joseph Rosenberg, MPH, B.S., EMT, Program Manager presented "Biospecimen Repository and Histopathology Service (BRHS)."

Hao Liu, PhD, Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health presented "Biostatics (BSR)."

Milind Mahajan, PhD, New Director, presented on "Comprehensive Genomics (CGSR)."

Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief, Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Jeanne Ferrante, MD, MPH, Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Director, New Jersey Primary Care Research Network, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, "Cancer Prevention and Outcomes Data Support (CPODS)."

Leveraging the Rutgers RWJ Consortium for CPC Research

Moderator: Jeanne Ferrante, MD, MPH, Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Director, New Jersey Primary Care Research Network, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Panel members:

Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, MBA, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chancellor for Population Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Deputy Chief Population Health Officer, RWJ Barnabas Health, “Overview of Rutgers-RWJBH Learning Health System Innovation & Implementation Committee.”

Shawna Hudson, PhD, Vice Chancellor Dissemination and Implementation Science at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Senior Associate Dean, Population Health Research, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, “Adapting and Implementing Evidence-based Breast Cancer Follow-up in Primary Care: A Project Based Example.”

David Foran, PhD, Chief Informatics Officer, Director, Computational Imaging & Biomedical Informatics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, "A Multimodal Informatics Platform for Capturing & Mining Genomics, Imaging and EHR Data for Investigative Research & Clinical Applications."

CPC Disease Study Group (DSG)

Katie Devine, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Section of Pediatric Population Science, Outcomes, and Disparities Research, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Tracie Saunders, RN, MS Executive Director, Clinical Research Organization, Office of Human Research Services, presented "New CPC Disease Study Group (DSG)."

Updates from Community Outreach and Engagement

Jaya Satagopan, PhD (COE liaison) Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Rutgers School of Public Health and Daniel Pearson, MA Community Cancer Control Specialist Community Outreach and Engagement Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey presented "Updates from Community Outreach and Engagement."

 Digital Poster Presentation from CPC Members- Part 1

*Presenter

Bo Qin*, Madhir Vyas, Steven C. Moore, Xiaoyang Su, Eileen White, Christine B. Ambrosone, Kitaw Demissie, Chi-Chen Hong, Elisa V. Bandera. "Reproducibility of plasma metabolome over 1 year in a population-based study of Black breast cancer survivors."

Angela Senger*, Julia Gagliardi, Radha Vyas, Christina M. Amaro, Lauren C. Daniel, Karen Long-Traynor, Margaret Masterson, Dawn Carey, Susan Stephens, Scott A. Moerdler, Archana Sharma, Peter D. Cole, Richard A. Drachtman, Kristine Levonyan-Radloff, Surabhi Batra, & Katie A. Devine. "Needs of childhood cancer survivors, siblings, and parents."

Hari Iyer*, Iona Cheng, Chidinma Opara, Katherine Lin, Nur Zeinomar, Loïc Le Marchand, David V. Conti, Lynne Wilkens, Salma Shariff-Marco, Christopher Haiman, Scarlett L. Gomez, Timothy R. Rebbeck. "Associations of African genetic ancestry and social and structural determinants of health with mortality in Black men and women: The Multiethnic Cohort Study."

Carola Sanchez Diaz*, Nur Zeinomar, Hari Iyer, Marley Perlstein, Chi-Chen Hong, Bo Qin, Elisa V. Bandera. "The association of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions with patient-reported outcomes and lifestyle behaviors among Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors in New Jersey."

Racquel Kelly Kohler*, Rachel B. Wagner, Katherine Careaga, Rula Btoush, Kathryn Greene, Leslie Kantor. "Mothers' perceptions and attitudes about HPV vaccination initiation among 9- and 10-year-olds."

Shromona Sarkar*, Tina Dharamdasani, Jaya Satagopan. "A Deep Dive into Predicting Mammography Screening Uptake in US Women: Unraveling Determinants and Disparities."

Digital Poster Presentation from CPC Members- Part 2

*Presenter

Login George*, Benjamin Bates, Paul Duberstein, Biren Saraiya, Sanjay Goel, Divya Bhagianadh, Haiqun Li, & Ayse Akincigil. "Do Oncologists Show Varying Preferences for Continuing Cancer Therapies Close to Death?"

Rucha Janodia*, Anna Mitarotondo, Julia Berteletti, Will Young, Nishi Gonsalves, Maame Araba Assan, Jerod Stapleton, David B. Buller, Carolyn J. Heckman. "Indoor tanning (IT) policies are insufficient to protect young adults from skin cancer risks."

Marin Kheng*, Alexander Manzella, Joshua Chao, Amanda M. Laird, Toni Beninato. "Reoperation Rates after Initial Thyroid Lobectomy for Patients with Thyroid Cancer: A National Cohort Study."

Sara W. Heinert*, Mohammed Ahmed; Kelvin Guzman-Baez; Ananya Penugonda, Sarah Oh, Affan Aamir, Jeanne M. Ferrante. "Characteristics and Barriers of Patients Seen in the Emergency Department Who Are Overdue for Cancer Screening."

Qiao (Maggie) Zhang*, April Yoo, Erin Oxnam; Daniel M. Rosenblum, James J. Goedert, Michael O’Shaughnessy, Peter J. Attia, Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos, Stanley H. Weiss. "Rising U.S. Liver Cancer Mortality in a Long-term Cohort Study."

Ollie Ganz*, Jonathan A. Schulz, Sarah J. Ehlke, Jessica K. Jensen, Andrea C. Villanti. "Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Nicotine Dependence at the Intersection of Sexual Identity and Sex: Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015-2019."

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Susan 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 NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

“Vulnerable Patients at Risk of Poor Bone Health: Role of Body Weight and Diet”

Hosts: Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD and Carolyn Heckman, PhD

Cancer Survivorship and Outcomes Center

Monday, January 29, 2024

Meredith Doherty, Ph.D, LCSW

Assistant Professor

School of Social Policy and Practice.

Penn Center for Cancer Care

"Cancer Disparities and policies"

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Danielle Velez, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery Robert Wood

Johnson University Hospital

"Onco-Fertility Navigation"

Hosts: Sharon Manne, PhD and Andrew Evens, DO, MSc, FACP

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Brian Gonzalez, PhD

Associate Center Director

Research Diversity & Workforce Development

Moffitt Cancer Center

“Translating Population Science to Improved Cancer Outcomes”

Hosts: Sharon Manne, PhD and Andrew Evens, DO, MSc, FACP

Mini Symposium

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Zhaoming Wang, PhD

Associate Member

Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

“Aging biomakers and accelerated aging as a new paradigm for clinical

research in survivors of childhood cancer”

Greg Armstong, MD, MSCE

Interim Chair

Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

“The lifelong impact of childhood cancer and cancer therapy”

Hosts: Cancer Survivorship and Outcomes Center (CSOC) and New Jersey Pediatric

Hematology and Oncology Research Center of Excellence (NJ PHORCE)

CINJ Dissemination and Implementation Working Group

December 20, 2023, Jessie Jensen, PhD, CHES, Assistant Professor, Dept. Family Medicine & Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School presented a WIP on her R01 grant submission entitled "Implementation of Local Flavored Cigar Restrictions."

July 18, 2023, Susan Pories, MD, FACS, Professor and Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Director, Rutgers Breast Center at University Hospital Section Chief of Breast Surgery presented "Barriers to Breast Center Accreditation" at a Safety Net Hospital.

More to Know

The following opportunities are available through Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)

• Notice of NCI’s Participation in NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (Parent K01) Notices of Funding Opportunity. For more information click here.

• Notice of Special Interest: National Cancer Institute Supports Applications for the Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (K01) Within the Mission of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. For more information click here.

• Notice of Special Interest: National Cancer Institute Supports Applications for the Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (K01) Within the Mission of the Division of Cancer Prevention. For more information click here.

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

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

Publications

For a full list of recent manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations, please visit the Researcher Profiles webpage.

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.



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