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 Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Overview
The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University leads innovative research through program planning and evaluation to improve cancer prevention and quality of care.
The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program leverages the resources of a major research university, like Emory University including schools of medicine, nursing, and a top-ranked school of public health, to develop a comprehensive cancer center program focusing on prevention and control research.
Program investigators bring diverse expertise to meet program goals and support Winship's mission by conducting impactful research and creating public health programs that benefit the local community. Program investigators come from many disciplines, including epidemiology, behavioral sciences, biostatistics, economics, nursing and medicine. They conduct research on health equity, weight gain prevention, HPV vaccination, tobacco control, survivorship and quality of care that have led to cancer-directed health programs and interventions in Georgia.
The program's overarching, long-term goals are to decrease cancer risk, incidence, morbidity and mortality, while enhancing the quality of life for patients with cancer and survivors in Georgia and beyond.
The program has focused on Georgia’s disparities in cancer outcomes and its excess incidence of tobacco-related cancers, obesity-related cancers and HIV-related cancers.
Our findings also reflect the increased risks of mental health challenges faced by parents following their child’s cancer diagnosis,
