2022 NCI Director Intramural Innovation Award Program Career Development Award
I received an annual Career Development Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Intramural Innovation Award Program that is designed to support development of highly innovative approaches and technology aimed at significant cancer–related problems.
New Invited Commentary in the American Journal of Epidemiology
I first authored an invited commentary in the American Journal of Epidemiology entitled “Invited Commentary: Predicting incidence rates of rare cancers: adding epidemiologic and spatial contexts”. My co-author, Dr. Rena Jones, and I commented on Salmerón et al.
Hosted Dr. David Wheeler for the Cancer Prevention & Control Colloquia Series
I hosted Dr. David Wheeler, Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics within the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, for the National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program Cancer Prevention and Control Colloquia Series.
14th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
I was a co-author on a poster entitled “Comparing the association of self-reported race-ethnicity and genetic ancestry with all-cause mortality: A pan-cancer survivor analysis in the PLCO Screening Trial” at the 14th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved by Dr.
2021 FDA-NIH-NIST-USDA Joint Agency Microbiome (JAM) Symposium
I presented a poster entitled “Geographic variation in the oral microbiome of NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study participants” at the 2021 FDA-NIH-NIST-USDA Joint Agency Microbiome (JAM) Symposium held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 2021
I presented my oral abstract entitled “Roadway Proximity and Lung Cancer Risk in NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Participants” at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
New Publication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
I first authored an article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health entitled “Ingestion of Nitrate and Nitrite and Risk of Stomach and Other Digestive System Cancers in the Iowa Women’s Health Study”.
Society for Epidemiologic Research 2021
I presented my invited talk entitled “Estimating environmental mixtures in a geospatial context” in a symposium entitled “Implementing geolocation-based exposure assessments” at the Society for Epidemiologic Reserach 2021 annual meeting held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Cancer Prevention Fellowship Merit Award
I received an annual Merit Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) that recognizes scientific productivity, leadership, and exemplary service to the CPFP, NCI, National Institutes of Health, and other outside organizations in cancer prevention.
New Web Application "Spatial Power" launched
Spatial Power is a web application that calculates the power for spatial statistics. Currently, the tool has one module for the spatial relative risk function. Dr. Derek Brown and I co-designed the web application with a development team from the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology.
