Cancer Prevention and Control

The Cancer Prevention and Control research program coordinates and promotes all of the cancer prevention and control-related research activities within the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

The Cancer Prevention and Control Program capitalizes on being in a major research university with schools of medicine and nursing and a highly ranked school of public health from which to build a cancer center program that addresses a full spectrum of cancer prevention and control research.

The broad, long-term goals of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program are to reduce cancer risk, incidence, morbidity, and mortality, and to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and survivors in Georgia and beyond.

These goals are addressed through the following four primary scientific themes:

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Chemoprevention: Describing and tracking cancer incidence and mortality trends of all cancers; conducting population-based etiologic research in humans; and conducting chemoprevention trials in Georgia and in national collaborations.
Health Behavior Research: Conducting population-based research that applies social science research methods, including theories of human behavior and rigorous measurement, to preventing cancers and detecting them in an early, treatable stage.
Symptom Management and Control: Conducting research that characterizes the scope, mechanisms, and consequences of behavioral co-morbidities in cancer patients, while also identifying patients at risk for these co-morbidities and developing novel pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic prevention and treatment strategies.
Health Outcomes and Quality of Care: Conducting population-based research that describes, interprets, and predicts the impact of interventions and other factors on cancer outcomes important to decision makers.

In addition to these four primary scientific themes, research involving inflammation/oxidative balance, biomarkers, and health disparities represent inter-thematic common elements that are also serving to promote inter-programmatic collaborations.

The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program is led by Timothy Lash, DSc, MPH. and Mylin Torres, MD, whose primary responsibilities are to define, guide, and oversee the program's scientific productivity and development.

Cancer Prevention and Control program members are continuously publishing landmark research in high-impact scientific journals.

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To learn more about the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Winship Cancer Institute, please contact Dominique Claude Lavoisier at (404) 727-2658.

Visit the Emory University's Cancer Biology Graduate Program website to learn about outstanding training opportunities in every aspect of cancer research, from basic to translational.

Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH

Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Dr. Lash leads the Cancer Prevention and Control program, which coordinates and promotes all of the cancer prevention and control-related research activities at Winship.

Mylin A. Torres, MD

Louisa and Rand Glenn Family Chair in Breast Cancer Research: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

A breast cancer expert and researcher, Dr. Torres is part of the multidisciplinary team at the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship Cancer Institute.

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Kathleen E. Adams, PhD

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Ana Antun, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Cletus A. Arciero, MD, FACS

Interim Director, Glenn Family Breast Center, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Kimberly Jacob Arriola, PhD, MPH

Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Turgay Ayer, PhD, MSc

George Family Foundation Assistant Professor, Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech

Wendy Baer, MD

Medical Director of Psychiatric Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

George Richard Beck Jr., PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine

Robert A. Bednarczyk, PhD

Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Carla J. Berg, PhD, MBA, LP

Associate Director for Population Sciences, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Sarah C. Blake, PhD, MA

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management , Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Roberd Bostick, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Otis Brawley, MD

Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Beau B. Bruce, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Ohpthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

David T. Burke,

Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Peter T. Campbell, PhD, MSc

Strategic Director, Digestive System Cancer Research, American Cancer Society

Sharon M. Castellino, MD, MSc

Director, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, FACS

Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Suephy Chen, MD, MS

Director, Dermatology Clinical and Outcomes Research Unit, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Ewan K. Cobran, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

Jo Ann Dalton, EdD, MSN, BSN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus , Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Bree Eaton, MD

Pediatric Medical Director, Emory Proton Therapy Center

Karen Effinger, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

J. William Eley, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Carla L. Ellis, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Natia Esiashvili, MD

Associate Professor and Chief Quality Officer, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Alton Farris III, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Veronika Fedirko, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Jennifer Felger, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Felix G. Fernandez, MD

Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Christopher Filson, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

W. Dana Flanders, MD, DSc, MPH, MA

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Christopher R. Flowers , MD, FASCO

Director of the Emory Lymphoma Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Seth D. Force, MD

Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Sheryl Gabram-Mendola, MD, MBA, FACS

Surgeon-in-Chief, Grady Memorial Hospital

Susan M. Gapstur, PhD, MPH

Vice President, Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society

Mia M. Gaudet, PhD, MSPH

Strategic Director, Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research, American Cancer Society

Julie A. Gazmararian, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, BSN

Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Keerthi Gogineni, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Michael Goodman, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Victoria Green, MD, MHSA, JD, MBA

Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Yue Guan, MB, PhD, ScM

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Mary M. Gullatte, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, FAAN

Corporate Director of Nursing Innovation and Research, Emory Healthcare

Ying Guo, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Jill Hamilton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor, Office of Academic Advancement, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University

Xuesong Han, PhD

Director, Surveillance and Health Services Research, The American Cancer Society

Lara Harik, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Ebrahim Haroon, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory School of Medicine

Terry Hartman, PhD, MPH, RD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Madhuri Hegde, PhD, FACMG

Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine

Clayton B. Hess, MD, MPH

Ira R. Horowitz, MD, SM, FACOG, FACS

John D. Thompson Professor and Chair, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine

David H. Howard , PhD

Professor, Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Penelope Howards, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Yijian (Eugene) Huang, PhD

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Lisa Ingerski, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Neuro-Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Kara Jacobson, MPH

Senior Associate, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Ashesh B. Jani, MD, MSEE, FASTRO

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Shannon Kahn, MD

Medical Director of Radiation Oncology, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Michelle C. Kegler, DrPH, MPH

Director, Intervention Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Namita Khanna, MD, MSPH

Director, Pelvic Surgery Fellowship, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Tricia Z. King, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University

Adam Klein, MD, FACS

Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor in Voice, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine

James L. Klosky, PhD, ABPP

Director of Psychology, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Joan Kramer, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Omer Kucuk, MD

Chief, Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory

Subra Kugathasan, MD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Michael Kutner, PhD

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH

Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Leslie P. Lawley, MD

Vice Chair of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston

William Lewis, MD

Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Jolinta Lin, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Joseph Lipscomb, PhD

Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Kelly Magliocca, DDS, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Amita Manatunga, PhD

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Jordan Gilleland Marchak, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Carmen J. Marsit, PhD

Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Jennifer Mascaro, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Viraj Master, MD, PhD, FACS

Director of Integrative Oncology and Survivorship, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Douglas E. Mattox, MD

William Chester Warren, Jr., MD Chair and Professor, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Colleen McBride, PhD

Grace Crum Rollins Chair of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Marjorie McCullough, ScD, RD, MS

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Lauren McCullough, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Mark McDonald, MD

Medical Director, Emory Proton Therapy Center

Lillian R. Meacham, MD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Akanksha Mehta, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ann Mertens, PhD, MS

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Andrew H. Miller, MD

William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory University School of Medicine

Tamara Miller, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, MEd

Associate Dean for Applied Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH

Section Chief, Department of Radiation Oncology, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Charles E. Moore, MD

Chief of Service, Otolaryngology, Grady Memorial Hospital

Marina Mosunjac, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Minh Ly T. Nguyen, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Ajay K. Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP

Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Gregg Orloff, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

Susmita Parashar, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Terrah Paul Olson, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Limin Peng, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Melissa D. Pinto, PhD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Mark H. Rapaport, MD

Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Daniel Refai, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Michelle Reid, MD, MSc

Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Carolyn Miller Reilly, PhD, RN, CHFN, FAHA

Associate Professor, Office of Academic Advancement, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Maria Ribeiro, MD

Chief, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Monica Rizzo, MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Seth A. Rosen, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

P. Barry Ryan, PhD, MS

Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Jessica McDermott Sales, PhD, MA

Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Manu S. Sancheti, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Martin G. Sanda, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Neil D. Saunders, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Merry E. Sebelik, MD, FACS

Director, Head and Neck Oncology, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Monica Serra, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Virginia O. Shaffer, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine

Vinita Singh, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Mi-Kyung Song, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor, Office of Academic Advancement, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Kyle Steenland, PhD, MS

Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Benjamin Stoff, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine

Patrick Sullivan, MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Switchenko, PhD, MS

Assistant Research Professor, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Winifred W. Thompson, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, MA

Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Mylin A. Torres, MD

Louisa and Rand Glenn Family Chair in Breast Cancer Research, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Michael T. Treadway, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Catherine Vena, PhD, RN, MS

Associate Professor, Office of Academic Advancement, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Drenna Waldrop-Valverde, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University

Kevin Ward, PhD, MPH

Director, Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Karen Wasilewski-Masker, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN

Senior Vice President of Research, Emory University

Jessica Wells, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Janice Squires Withycombe, PhD, RN, MN, CCRP

Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

William G. Woods, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Canhua Xiao, PhD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Kate Yeager, PhD, RN, MS

Research Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Howa Yeung, MD

Instructor, Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine

Ali J. Zarrabi, MD

Associate Director, Outpatient Supportive and Palliative Care, The Emory Clinic

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Cancer Prevention and Control

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Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH

Mylin A. Torres, MD

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