Rachel Hirschey, PhD, RN, will use the grant to create a behavioral intervention to increase physical activity among African Americans being treated for colorectal cancer.
Erin Kent, PhD, and Eliza (Leeza) Park, MD, are co-directing a project to help alleviate the burden that informal care places on caregivers, especially those in rural areas.
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and Justin Trogdon, PhD, are co-authors of a study building upon previous metastatic breast cancer research on medical and productivity costs.
Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, will the grant to support her research into a patient-centered mobile health app to increase Black women’s participation in breast cancer clinical trials.
Urologic oncologist Angela Smith, MD, MS, has a natural curiosity that inspires her to seek personal insights and ways to improve the lives of those around her.
Emily Ray, MD, MPH, and colleagues are developing a tool to help support patients by providing a level of care that aligns with their goals and preferences.
Hazel Nichols, PhD, and colleagues report in a study published in JAMA Network Open that obesity-related cancer deaths are improving, but at a slowing pace.
Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH, believes that a physician should ask about a patient’s informed values and preferences regarding key tradeoffs of lung cancer screening and use that information to reach a decision that makes sense for the patient.
A comprehensive review of articles on lung cancer prevention screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography shows there are both benefits and harms from screening.
