Program 4: Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS)
Program 4: Cancer Epidemiology and Population Science (CEPS)
The cancer epidemiology and population science program focuses on:
- Aim 1: Cancer etiology
- Aim 2: Primary and secondary cancer prevention
- Aim 3: Cancer health services and outcomes
Program Co-Leader: Mary E. Charlton, PhD, BSN, professor, Epidemiology and Pathology
Program Co-Leader: Mark W. Vander Weg, PhD, professor, Head of Community and Behavioral Health
Full Members
Natoshia M. Askelson, MPH, PhD
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Full Member,
- Interim Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
- Associate Professor
- Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Guadalupe M. Canahuate, PhD
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Full Member,
- Associate Professor
- Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mary Charlton, PhD, BSN
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Full Member,
- Professor
- Department: Epidemiology, Director and Principal Investigator of the State Health Registry of Iowa/Iowa Cancer Registry
Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD
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Full Member,
- Associate Director for Population Science
- Department of Epidemiology Chair
- Pomerantz Chair in Public Health
- Health Effectiveness Research Center Director
- Professor
- Department: Epidemiology
David M. Cwiertny, PhD
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Full Member,
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor, Chemistry
- Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
- Department:
David Dickens, MD, FAAP
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Full Member,
- Clinical Professor
- UI Dance Marathon Chair in Pediatric Oncology
- Department: Pediatrics
Jessica S. Gorzelitz, PhD
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Full Member,
- Emerging Leaders Council (ELC) Vice Chair, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Health and Human Physiology
Richard M. Hoffman, MD, MPH
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Full Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Internal Medicine, Epidemiology
Jian Huang, PhD
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Full Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science, Biostatistics
Jong Sung Kim, PhD
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Full Member,
- Associate Professor
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD
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Full Member,
- Professor
- Department: Psychological and Brain Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bradley D. McDowell, PhD
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Full Member,
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Population Research Core Director
- Department: Cancer Center
Benjamin J. Miller, MD, MS
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Full Member,
- Co-Leader of the Sarcoma MOG
- Professor
- Department: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Edith A. Parker, MPH, DrPH
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Full Member,
- Dean, College of Public Health
- Professor, Community & Behavioral Health
- Department: Community and Behavioral Health, Director, Prevention Research Center for Rural Health
Peter S. Thorne, PhD
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Full Member,
- Professor and Director
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Mark W. Vander Weg, PhD
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Full Member,
- Professor
- Head of Community and Behavioral Health
- Department: Community and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Shannon Lea Watkins, PhD
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Full Member,
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Xian Jin Xie, PhD
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Full Member,
- College of Dentistry Associate Dean for Research
- Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology Centennial Professor and Director
- Professor
- Department: Preventive and Community Dentistry
Clinical Members
Colleen Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC
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Clinical Member,
- Director of Genetic Counseling Operations
- Department: Internal Medicine
Associate Members
Arwa Aburizik, MD, MS
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Associate Member,
- Psychosocial Oncology Program Director
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department: Internal Medicine, Psychiatry
Nicole Negbenebor, MD
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Associate Member,
- Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Skin of Color Clinic
- Department: Dermatology
Nitin A. Pagedar, MD, MPH
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Associate Member,
- Co-Leader of the Head and Neck Cancer MOG
- Associate Professor
- Department: Otolaryngology
Christopher Strouse, MD
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Associate Member,
- Clinical Assistant Professor
- Department: Internal Medicine
Darrin Thompson, MPH, PhD
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Associate Member,
- Associate Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
- Department:
Affiliate Members
Anjali Deshpande, PhD, MPH
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Affiliate Member,
- Master of Public Health (MPH) Program Director
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Department: Epidemiology
Fredric E. Gerr, MD
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Affiliate Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF
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Affiliate Member,
- Professor
- College of Nursing Associate Dean for Faculty
- Co-Director of the Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence
- Department: Adult and Gerontology Area of Study, John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Amanda R Kahl, MPH
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Affiliate Member,
- Research Specialist, State Health Registry of Iowa
- Department: Epidemiology
Gabriele Ludewig, MS, PhD
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Affiliate Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Larry W. Robertson, PhD, MPH
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Affiliate Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
Kelly W. Sittig
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Affiliate Member,
- Iowa Cancer Consortium Executive Director
- Department: Cancer Center
Robert B. Wallace, MD
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Affiliate Member,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Epidemiology, Internal Medicine
Affiliates
Laurence J. Fuortes, MD
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Affiliate,
- Professor Emeritus
- Department: Occupational and Environmental Health