MD, MPH
Robert A. Ingram Distinguished Professorship, Medicine
Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Area of Interest
Reuland’s primary areas of inquiry are in cancer prevention and control, though he collaborates on studies in other disease areas. He is currently principal investigator of a multi-site, clinical trial funded by the National Cancer Institute’s Accelerating Cancer Screening and Follow Up through Implementation Science (ACCSIS) Program testing a colorectal cancer screening intervention in North Carolina Federally Qualified Health Centers. He is the PI on a National Cancer Institute research grant to develop and test lung cancer screening decision support tools. He is MPI of the UNC research site for NCI’s new Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN), which will evaluate emerging cancer screening technologies. Reuland is the Director of the Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative, supported by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Cancer Research Fund, which focuses on improving the delivery of evidence-based cancer screening in North Carolina.
Reuland holds appointments in the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Care Center – Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute.
Awards and Honors
- Member, North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordinator and Control, 2021
- Associate Director, Inclusive Science Program (ISP), Community Engagement Core, NC Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute, 2020
- Member, National Lung Cancer Roundtable; Shared Decision-Making Task Group, 2017
- Director, Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2016
- Member, North Carolina Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (Quarterly), 2015
- Associate member, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2010
- Co-chair, Health Disparities Scientific Abstract Review Committee; Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) 2011 Annual National Meeting, 2010-2011
- Appointed Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2010
- Recipient of American Cancer Society’s Cancer Control Career Development Award (CCCDA) for Primary Care Physicians, 2009-2012
- Nominee, Graduate School Impact Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2009
- Member, UNC Program on Health Literacy (Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, Director), 2008
- Co-director, UNC Center for Latino Health, 2007
- University of North Carolina, K30 Scholar, 2006-2008
- Co-director, Comprehensive Advanced Medical Program of Spanish (CAMPOS), School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2004
News and Stories
Digital health outreach improves lung cancer screening
A new multi-site study has demonstrated that a direct-to-patient digital health program can significantly increase recommended lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals.
UNC Lineberger launches study to evaluate multi-cancer detection tests
UNC Lineberger is recruiting participants for the Vanguard Study, which is evaluating a new type of blood test that screens for several types of cancer. This is the first study of the Cancer Screening Research Network.
