Suzanne Miller, PhD, Principal Investigator
Education
- BS, Psychology, McGill University, (First Class Honours), 1972
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, 1976
Honors
- Fellow, American Psychological Association; Society of Behavioral Medicine
- Recipient, Cancer Information Service Atlantic Region Award for Partners in Research
- Recipient, Cancer Control Award, American Cancer Society
- Member, Board of Directors, American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- Member, Executive Committee, American Society of Preventive Oncology
Curriculum Vitae
Amy Lazev, PhD, Assistant Research Professor
Education
- BA, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1990
- MA, Clinical Psychology, Binghamton University, State University of New York, 1997
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, 2002
Research Interests
- Dr. Lazev's research has focused on special populations, including pregnant/postpartum women, low-income and minority populations, college students, persons living with HIV/AIDS, and cancer patients. Her research has been funded by the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Society of Preventive Oncology/Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation.
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Hua Min, PhD, Assistant Research Professor
Education
- MB, Medicine, Nanjing Tiedao Medical College, Nanjing, P.R. China
- MS, Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 1999
- PhD, Computer Science, 2006
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Dr. Min's research interest is in the areas of ontology construction and its applications in bioinformatics, natural language processing (NLP), medical terminologies, and data warehousing. She has developed structural methodologies for auditing medical terminologies, e.g., UMLS, NCI Thesaurus, and SNOMED. She has also constructed a prostate cancer ontology that successfully integrates two database systems. She is currently exploring the expansion of applications of ontology and other computer science technologies to both the cancer clinic and cancer research.
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Pamela Shapiro, PhD, Assistant Research Professor
Education
- BA, Honors Psychology Program, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1991
- PhD, Cognitive Psychology, January 2002
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Dr. Shapiro's research focuses on understanding the causes of cancer-related cognitive change and the impact of these cognitive difficulties on quality of life. A goal of hers is to implement a systematic program of research examining psychosocial, biological, and clinical factors that contribute to adverse changes in cognitive function, and to develop interventions to improve cognitive outcomes and quality of life for patients and survivors. Dr. Shapiro's research has been funded by the Department of Defense and the National Cancer Institute.
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Kuang-Yi Wen, PhD, Assistant Research Professor
Education
- MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2000
- PhD, Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2006
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Dr. Wen's major interest is in drawing on her background in systems engineering, health communication, behavioral and decision science, and information technology to develop and evaluate effective tools and solutions to help individuals and organizations manage and deal with health-related challenges.
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Ian Sharp, PhD, Deputy Director, Behavioral Research Core Facility
Education
- BA, Psychology, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA, 1996
- MA, Clinical and Health Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 2000
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- NIMH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2005
Research Interests
- Dr. Sharp comes to FCCC with a wide breadth of clinical and research experience including scale development and validation, psychosocial interventions and outcomes, clinical trial design, clinical decision-making, information processing, and evaluation of assessment methodologies. Additionally, he is a consultant on the use of behavioral assessments in clinical trials including measures of clinical severity, quality of life, and suicide ideation and behavior. He also has extensive experience in training and evaluating clinicians in the administration of rating scales and diagnostic interviews.
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Jennifer Lyle, MA, Facility Project Manager, Behavioral Research Core Facility
Education
- BA, Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- MA, Clinical and Counseling Psychology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- The Behavioral Research Core Facility (BRCF) helps peer-reviewed investigators apply innovative theory-driven behavioral and social science research designs, measurements, data collection techniques, and analytic methods into the planning, implementation, and dissemination of FCCC research endeavors. Specifically, the BRCF works with investigators to facilitate psychosocial assessment and intervention research in the areas of: 1) adaptation, stress and coping, quality of life, and quality of care; 2) decision making (e.g., about cancer risk assessment and genetic testing, risk reduction and treatment options, and clinical trial participation); 3) adherence to prevention, screening, diagnostic, treatment, and follow-up recommendations; and 4) behavioral lifestyle changes (e.g., smoking cessation). BRCF services span all study phases, ranging from initial research concepts to active input and involvement in design, development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination.
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John Scarpato, MA, Project Manager, Psychosocial and Biobehavioral Medicine Program
Education
- MA, Clinical Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1968
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Gillian Smith, BA, Project Manager, Psychosocial and Biobehavioral Medicine Program, Cancer Prevention and Control
Education
- BA, Bio-behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, Abington, PA, 2003
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Eileen Kelley, RN, Research Nurse
Rachel German, Summer Intern
Caitlin Rooney, Summer Intern
Mary Anne Ryan, Administrative Assistant
