My fourth R package is published in the Comprehensive R Archive Network named ndi. It computes various geospatial neighborhood deprivation indices (NDI) and other metrics of social vulnerability in the United States.
I co-authored an article in Environmental Research entitled “Urinary nitrate and sodium in a high-risk area for upper gastrointestinal cancers: Golestan Cohort Study” led by Dr. Arash Etemadi.
My first manuscript that was featured as the cover article of a scientific journal was published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Volume 31, Issue 5.
I received a 2021 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director’s Award for Emerging Leader along with the other members of the Fellows Advisory Board of the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) in recognition of spearheading innovative opportunities for fellows to develop skills and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I gave an invited talk at the Center for Science and Technology in the Radiation Protection Division of the Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entitled “Putting cancer and environmental exposures in (geo)spatial perspective.”
Catchment Areas of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers is a web-based application that serves as a visualization tool for the geographically defined catchment areas of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.
I co-first authored an article in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention entitled “A National Map of NCI-Designated Cancer Center Catchment Areas on the 50th Anniversary of the Cancer Centers Program” with Dr. Peter DelNero.
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.
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.”
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. Derek Brown and Dr. Jacqueline Vo held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.