Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

Faculty

Dr. Bandera

Elisa V. Bandera, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes
Co-Leader Cancer Prevention and Control Program


Dr. Bandera’s major research interests include the impact of obesity and body composition and related factors on breast and ovarian cancer risk, treatment outcomes and survival, with a focus on cancer health disparities.
Bandera Research Program

Dr. D'Arcy

Monica D’Arcy, MS, PhD
Instructor, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science (PETS)
Core Faculty, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Instructor, Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes


Monica D’Arcy is a cancer and pharmacoepidemiologist. She received her MS in epidemiology from Temple University, her PhD from the University of North Carolina in cancer and pharmacoepidemiology, and a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer epidemiology at the National Cancer Institute in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
D'Arcy Research

Dr. Iyer

Hari Iyer, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes


Dr. Iyer is a cancer epidemiologist studying how neighborhood environments influence prostate cancer outcomes and care patterns in diverse populations. Using occupational and registry-based cohorts, Dr. Iyer links neighborhood socioeconomic and built environment features to participant addresses over time to determine how these features influence prostate cancer progression and care patterns.
Iyer Research Laboratory

Dr. Stroup

Antoinette Stroup, PhD
Professor and Assistant Director of Research and Catchment Data, Center for Health Equity
Director, New Jersey State Cancer Registry

Dr. Stroup’s expertise in cancer surveillance and descriptive epidemiology has led to research that not only advances methods to assess the burden of disease in large geographically-defined populations, but has led to a growing disparities research portfolio to identify special populations that might be at greater risk for cancer or are underserved.
Stroup Research Program

Dr. Qin

Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Oncology and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes


Dr. Qin is an epidemiologist with research interests in multilevel modifiable risk factors that influence cancer health disparities, especially breast and ovarian cancers. 
Qin Research Program

Dr. Wang

Tengteng Wang, PhD, MSPH, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Oncology and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes


Dr. Wang is a cancer epidemiologist with medical training. Her research centers on identifying modifiable diet, lifestyle, medical, and reproductive factors that influence the etiology and progression of major female cancer and disentangling the underlying biological mechanisms by incorporating pathological biomarkers and multi-omics data (particularly microbiome and metabolome). 
Wang Research Program

Dr. Zeinomar

Nur Zeinomar, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Oncology and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes


Dr. Zeinomar is a cancer epidemiologist interested in understanding the role of genetics, the environment, lifestyle factors, and their interplay on breast cancer etiology and prognosis.  
Zeinomar Research Program


Administrative Research Associates

Research Coordinators / Research Teaching Specialists

Sarah Bjerklie

Sarah Bjerklie, MPH
sb2106@cinj.rutgers.edu

chidinma

Chidinma Opara
cno26@cinj.rutgers.edu


Research Associates

Marley Perlstein

Marley Perlstein, MS 
mp1745@sph.rutgers.edu

Shromona Sarkar

Shromona Sarkar, MS
ss3954@cinj.rutgers.edu


Interviewers/Public Health Representatives

Meghan Bisset

Meghan Bissett, MPH
mlb350@sph.rutgers.edu

Maria Pineda

Maria Pineda
mdp204@sph.rutgers.edu


Research Assistants