Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

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

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

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

Rafael Meza, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

Rafael Meza, PhD, has joined Rutgers Cancer Institute as Adjunct Professor, with an appointment in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Medicine, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes. He is also a core member of the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies. He currently leads the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) in collaboration with the University of Michigan and Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center; CAsToR is one of only seven NIH/FDA funded Tobacco Centers for Regulatory Science. He also serves as Coordinating Principal Investigator for the NCI CISNET lung cancer modeling group.

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

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

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

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