Cancer Research Seeking new solutions
Many of our faculty members, graduate students and staff conduct trailblazing research and provide leadership in the pursuit of understanding and curing cancer.
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA society
Several awards to researchers in our department have come from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Healthy Communication
Adapting the Healthy Communication Practice Intervention for Spousal Caregivers
This program program teaches spouses and other caregivers how to support a patient living with a blood cancer.
Education Program
Implementation of a Cancer Clinical Trials Communication Skills Education Program for Medical Oncology Fellows
This research evaluates the impact of an educational program on medical fellows’ ability to effectively discuss cancer clinical trials with patients.
Clinical Trials
Enhancing Connection and Communication with Community-Based Oncology Practices to Improve Cancer Clinical Trial Recruitment
The ECCO Study is testing strategies to promote clinical trial enrollment.
Online Training
Enhancing Access to Cancer Clinical Trials among Underrepresented Patients by Building the Capacity of Primary Care Providers
This research award from 2021-2025 has studied a new intervention using online training.
Doctoral Student Spotlight
Miranda Reid
“The more I learned about how systems research and direct patient care could complement each other, the more I wanted to dive into a career where I could address both sides.”
REaching communities
mobile screening unit
The Connector
This bus brings vital cancer screening services to rural communities across a large region in North Florida.
Cancer REsearch News
Cancer screenings continue years after guidelines…
“Excessive screening opens the door for a lot of negative consequences,” said Jennifer LeLaurin, Ph.D., an assistant professor of health outcomes…
Scholastic performance is a key concern for young…
Young patients with cancer need support when it comes to scholastic performance, which can be an empowering and motivating force during the…
Researchers to study microRNA dysregulation in…
UF Health Cancer Center member Rui Yin, Ph.D., has received a grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation to develop leading-edge artificial…
Cancer Center
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center at a public university in Florida. Many faculty members and researchers from our department provide leadership and collaborate closely with the center’s research teams. Several researchers are engaged with the research program for Cancer Control and Population Sciences. For a full list of affiliated faculty members, search for “outcomes” in this directory.
Leadership
Senior Advisor
Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD, is an advisor on the leadership team of the UF Health Cancer Center.
Collaboration
Office of Community Outreach & Engagement
Ramzi Salloum, PhD, serves on the leadership team as the Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement for the UF Health Cancer Center.
Populations
Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Stephanie Staras, PhD, is a co-leader for Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Research
Cancer Informatics Shared Resource
Yi Guo, PhD, FAMIA, serves as Director of the Cancer Informatics Shared Resource and the Associate Director of the Cancer Quantitative Sciences Division for the UF Health Cancer Center,
