Cancer and the Social Sciences

Name

Rank

Primary Appointments

Relevant Interests/Roles

Elmer Abbo, MD, JC

Assistant Professor

Medicine (GIM)

Palliative care, patient safety, health system management

Anirban Basu Ph.D.

Instructor

Medicine (GIM)

Applied health services research; CEA of mental health/cancer treatment

William Dale, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Medicine (Geriatrics)

Decision making in prostate cancer with a focus on anxiety related to screening, diagnosis and treatment

Christopher Daugherty, MD

Associate Professor

Medicine (Hematology/ Oncology)

Ethical issues in cancer care and clinical research; doctor-patient communication; informed consent

James Dignam, PhD

Assistant Professor

Health Studies

Cancer clinical trial design and interim monitoring; racial/ethnic background and cancer prognosis

Bernard Ewigman, MD

Professor

Family Medicine

Clinical epidemiology in primary care and family practice; evidence-based medicine

Sarah Gehlert, PhD

Associate Professor

Social Service Administration

Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research; women’s health; cultural biases in research and practice

John Hickner, MD, MSc

Professor

Family Medicine

Development of national, practice-based research networks

Andrea King, PhD

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry

Biological and psychosocial factors involved in predisposition to substance abuse

Diane Lauderdale, MA, PhD

Associate Professor

Health Studies

Neighborhoods and cancer-related health behaviors, cancer screening and health care access

Stacy Lindau, MD, MA

Assistant Professor

Medicine (Geriatrics), Health Studies

Ovarian cancer research with a data registry used to investigate and monitor cases of DES-associated clear cell adenocarcinomas of the vagina and cervix

Marcy List, MD

Associate Director

Cancer Research Center

Quality of life and performance status studies of long-term survivors of head and neck cancers

Will Manning, PhD

Professor

Public Policy

Effect of utilization review on medical costs and quality of care; tradeoffs between the costs from moral hazard and the gains from risk pooling

Chris Masi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Medicine (GIM)

Health disparities by ethnicity and socioeconomic status; effects of chronic psychological stress on the onset and course of chronic disease

Martha McClintock, PhD

Professor

Psychology; Director, Institute of Mind and Biology

Interaction between behavior and reproductive endocrinology; environmental control of fertility

David Meltzer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Medicine (GIM); Economics, Public Policy

Cost-effectiveness of prostate cancer screening and treatment; empirical validity of quality of life assessment

Funmi Olopade, MBBS

Associate Professor

Committee on Genetics

Characterizing the genes that play a role in cancer susceptibility or tumor progression

Miriam Rodin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Medicine (Geriatrics)

Implementing and evaluating new models of care for cancer treatment in the elderly that integrate geriatrics and oncology at the levels of prevention, diagnosis and management

Ron Thisted PhD

Professor

Health Studies, Statistics

Biostatistics and epidemiology; effectiveness of medical interventions; Scientific Director of Biostatistics, Executive Committee of Cancer Center

Chad Whelan, MD

Assistant Professor

Medicine (GIM)

Measuring and affecting quality of care, cancer screening on the general medicine service (inpatient)