PLCO

New Publication in Cancer Research

I co-authored an article in Cancer Research entitled “Integration of Germline and Somatic Variation Improves Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Risk Stratification” led by Dr. Aubrey Hubbard. We investigated whether inclusion of a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-associated polygenic score and two common types of clonal hematopoiesis (i.

New Publication in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

I co-authored an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Associations of self-identified race and ethnicity and genetic ancestry with mortality among cancer survivors” led by Dr. Jacqueline Vo and Dr.

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 William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award

I received a William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) for a joint research proposal entitled “HDoCS in PLCO: Health Disparities of Cancer Survivors in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.