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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD, assistant professor of cancer epidemiology, has been named faculty director of the Integrated Cancer Information and Surveillance System (ICISS).

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Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD

The initiative, funded by the University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF), links state cancer data and health claims data to support cancer research. Metrics of cancer incidence, mortality, and burden in North Carolina are linked with data sources at an individual and aggregate level that describe health care, economic, social, behavioral, and environmental patterns.

A powerful data source, ICISS improves cancer outcomes in North Carolina by enabling innovative research for understanding how to:

  • Discover risk factors for cancer;
  • Best prevent and treat cancer;
  • Disseminate and implement proven prevention, early detection, and health systems changes; and
  • Improve life after a cancer diagnosis.

Meyer says she hopes to build off the excellent leadership of her predecessor, William Carpenter, PhD, MHA, who started ICISS with funds from a UCRF Innovation Award. “Thanks to the work of Bill Carpenter and an amazing team of scientists, analysts and research partners, this unique multidimensional data source provides a rich, nuanced picture of the entire cancer care continuum,” says Meyer. “I hope to continue building ICISS with a focus on broader, more innovative uses and increasing multidisciplinary collaboration across the University.”

She adds, “UCRF funding enabled the infrastructure investment that makes ICISS a model program of what is possible in population health science and cancer outcomes.”

For more information, please visit iciss.unc.edu.