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Our laboratory aims to identify biobehavioral factors that influence cancer risk in a variety of populations. Guided by a biobehavioral model of cancer stress and disease course, we incorporate the use of comprehensive psychosocial assessments along with cutting-edge molecular techniques in our interdisciplinary research program. In particular, our laboratory has been focused on investigating biobehavioral mechanisms that may contribute to enhanced health outcomes in HPV-related cancers, such as cervical cancer and head and neck cancers. Other related projects examine cultural, psychosocial and environmental determinants of cancer health disparities in underserved Asian Americans. Together, these studies will lead to a greater understanding of how psychosocial, behavioral and biological factors interact to influence cancer risk and disease progression.

1. Fang CY, Coups EJ, Heckman CJ. Behavioral correlates of HPV vaccine acceptability in the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Feb;19(2):319-26. PubMed
2. Fang CY, Reibel DK, Longacre ML, Rosenzweig S, Campbell DE Douglas SD. Enhanced psychosocial well-being following participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program is associated with increased natural killer cell activity. J Altern Complement Med. 2010 May;16(5):531-8. PubMed
3. Fang CY, Cherry C, Devarajan K, Li T, Malick J, Daly MB. (2009). A prospective study of quality of life among women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy versus gynecologic screening for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Mar;112(3):594-600. Epub 2009 Jan 13. PubMed
4. Fang CY, Egleston BL, Brown KM, Lavigne JV, Stevens VJ, Barton BA, Chandler DW, Dorgan JF. Family cohesion moderates the relation between free testosterone and delinquent behaviors in adolescent boys and girls. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Jun;44(6):590-7. Epub 2009 Feb 24. PubMed
5. Fang CY, Miller SM, Bovbjerg DH, et al. Perceived stress is associated with impaired T-cell response to HPV16 in women with cervical dysplasia. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2008;35:87-96. PubMed
6. Fang CY, Ma GX, Tan Y, Chi N. A multifaceted intervention to increase cervical cancer screening among underserved Korean women. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 2007;16:1298-302. PubMed