Cancer

The complexity of cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach encompassing studies of etiology, prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship. SPH research spans this continuum with faculty members bringing an array of methods expertise including epidemiology, intervention science, decision modeling, and molecular biology.

Faculty List
Zinzi Bailey
Zinzi D. Bailey, ScD, MSPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Silvia Balbo
Silvia Balbo, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Substance Use
Anne Eaton
Anne Eaton, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Patricia Jewett
Patricia Jewett, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Karen Kuntz
Karen Kuntz, ScD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
benjamin langworthy
Benjamin Langworthy, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Xianghua Luo
Xianghua Luo, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Heather Nelson
Heather Hammond Nelson, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Infectious Diseases
Helen Parsons
Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Lisa Peterson
Lisa Peterson, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
J. Sunil Rao
J. Sunil Rao, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Ken Resnicow
Ken Resnicow, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition
B.R. Simon Rosser
B.R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Global Health ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Steffen Ventz
Steffen Ventz, PhD
Associate Professor & Medtronic Faculty Fellow
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Infectious Diseases
Caitlin Ward
Caitlin Ward, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods
Elizabeth Wattenberg
Elizabeth Wattenberg, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Education and Student Engagement
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Substance Use
Ivan Wu
Ivan Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures
Tianzhong Yang
Tianzhong Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics