Program Themes
The overarching themes of this Program are:
- Behavioral interventions to reduce cancer risk
- Cancer screening, surveillance and treatment strategies
- Genetic and environmental cancer risk factors
Program Information
The Program has established and continues to expand community and practice "laboratories" and disease-focused and population-based cohorts to conduct transdisciplinary and translational research. Research in this program is catalyzed through the formation of intra- and inter-programmatic collaborative groups interested in cross-cutting or organ-specific cancer issues. This work is further promoted through program-wide seminars, working groups and strategic use of Cancer Center Resources.
To pursue the themes outlined above, members of the Prevention Program participate in at least one of the following four scientific Focus Areas:
- Health services research and risk prediction modeling to inform cancer prevention and control
- Cancer epidemiology and gene-environment interaction including international cancer health initiatives
- Understanding and affecting factors associated with cancer prevention and control, survivorship and quality of life
- Improving the informed consent and decision-making process for cancer control
Program Members
Jeffrey M. Albert, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jma13@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1968
Amy Armstrong, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Reproductive BiologyDivision of Gynecologic OncologySchool of MedicineMemberHematopoietic and Immune Cancer Biology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterJill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD
Sally S. Morley Designated Professor in Brain Tumor ResearchSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Data SciencesCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAssociate Director for Translational InformaticsCleveland Institute for Computational BiologyDirectorCleveland Center for Health Outcomes ResearchDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineDirectorResearch Health Analytics and InformaticsUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandEmail: jsb42@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1506
Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community NutritionDepartment of NutritionPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Applied ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineFaculty LeadCommunity and Collaboration ComponentClinical and Translational Science CollaborativeSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: exb11@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1024
Jeremy S. Bordeaux, MD, MPH
ProfessorDepartment of DermatologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jeremy.bordeaux@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8200
Joanna Brell, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jbrell@metrohealth.org
Phone: 216.778.7113
Debora S. Bruno, MD, MS
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: debora.bruno@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5202
Adam Burgener, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of PathologyDirectorCenter for Global Health and DiseasesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: adam.burgener@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2072
David Cavallo, PhD, MPH, RDN
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.cavallo@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6627
Feixiong Cheng, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: chengf@ccf.org
Phone: 216.213.4040
Gregory Cooper, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineCo-LeaderCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Gregory.Cooper@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5385
Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cremerm@ccf.org
Jennifer Cullen, PhD, MPH
James T. Pardee – Carl A. Gerstacker Professorship in Cancer ResearchSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Cancer Population SciencesCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jxc1650@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1965
Linda Cummings, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Linda.Cummings@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.1955
Jacqueline Curtis, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jacqueline.curtis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3065
Andrew Curtis, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: ajc321@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3477
Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN
The Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology NursingFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingAssistant Dean for ResearchFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: sld4@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0702
Charis Eng, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice ChairDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: engc@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3440
Beth Faiman, PhD, CNP
MemberCancer PreventionControl and Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: faimanb@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.7923
Hao Harry Feng, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: hxf155@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5510
Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH
DirectorMary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental HealthSchool of MedicineMary Ann Swetland Professor and ChairDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineCore FacultyPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSecondary FacultyDivision of General Medical SciencesCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineSecondary FacultyJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesFaculty AssociateSchubert Center for Child StudiesEmail: daf96@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3060
Heidi Gullett, MD, MPH
Associate DirectorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineCharles Kent Smith, MD and Patricia Hughes Moore, MD Professorship in Medical Student Education in Family MedicineSchool of MedicineAssociate Program DirectorPublic Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: heidi.gullett@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0776
Sanjay Gupta, PhD, MS
Carter Kissell Professor and Research DirectorDepartment of UrologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: sanjay.gupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6162
Umut Gurkan, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: umut@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6447
Sonja Harris-Haywood, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Family Medicine and Community HealthSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: shaywood@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0776
Chao-Pin Hsiao, PhD, RN
Assistant ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cxh416@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3343
Karen Hurley, PhD
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: hurleyk@ccf.org
Eva F. Kahana, PhD
Distinguished University Professor and Pierce T. and Elizabeth D. Robson Professor of the HumanitiesDepartment of SociologyCollege of Arts and SciencesProfessorDepartment of Family Medicine and Community HealthSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: exk@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2704
Jonathan Karn, PhD
Professor and ChairDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineDirectorCase Center for AIDS ResearchProfessorDepartment of BiochemistrySchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jonathan.karn@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3915
Michael W. Kattan, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: kattanm@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.0584
Jin Kim-Mozeleski, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAssistant ProfessorPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineEmail: jin.kim-mozeleski@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6793
Eric D. Kodish, MD
ProfessorCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve UniversityProfessorDepartment of BioethicsSchool of MedicineEmail: kodishe@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3850
Siran M. Koroukian, PhD
Associate ProfessorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: skoroukian@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5816
Sarah Markt, ScD, MPH
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: sarah.markt@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4526
Patricia A. Marshall, PhD
DirectorCenter For Genetic Research Ethics And LawSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of BioethicsSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorResearch Ethics ConcentrationSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: pam20@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6196
Susan R. Mazanec, PhD, RN
Assistant ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: srm2@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5533
Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mazzonp@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.4812
Halle C.F. Moore, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mooreh1@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.4624
Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished University ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smm8@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5978
John Nakayama, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Reproductive BiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterNora Nock, PhD, P.E.
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: nln@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5653
Elizabeth E. O'Toole, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: exo5@case.edu
Phone: 216.778.2777
Cynthia Owusu, MD, MS
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cynthia.owusu@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.7670
Holly J. Pederson, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: pedersh@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3052
Johnie Rose, MD, PhD
Program DirectorPreventive Medicine Residency ProgramSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: johnie.rose@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6860
Luke Rothermel, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of SurgerySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterDaniel Rotroff, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: rotrofd@ccf.org
Seth J. Rotz, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: rotzs@ccf.org
Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH
MemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: schmits3@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3173
Fredrick R. Schumacher, PhD, MPH
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineCo-LeaderCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterFacultyCleveland Institute for Computational BiologyEmail: frs2@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0351
Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
DirectorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineDistinguished University ProfessorDorothy Jones Weatherhead Professor of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Family Medicine and Community HealthSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: kurt.stange@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6297
Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of NeurologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: curtis.tatsuoka@case.edu
Stefanie Thomas, MD, MS
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: thomass29@ccf.org
Cheryl Thompson, PhD
Assistant Dean of Educational InitiativesGraduate Education OfficeSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cheryl.l.thompson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3956
Erika S. Trapl, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineDirectorPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Community Outreach and EngagementCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramEmail: erika.trapl@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0098
Michelle E. Treasure, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: treasum@ccf.org
Carl V. Tyler, Jr. , MD, MS
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Family MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: catyle@ccf.org
Phone: 216.476.7085
Christopher Weight, MD, PhD
MemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: weightc@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.0351
Aaron Weinberg, DMD, PhD
Chair and ProfessorDepartment of Biological SciencesSchool of Dental MedicineProfessorDepartment of OtolaryngologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: aaron.weinberg@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6729
James J. Werner, PhD, MSSA
DirectorPractice-Based Research Network Shared ResourceSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorCenter for Community Health IntegrationSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Family Medicine and Community HealthSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatrySchool of MedicineMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: james.werner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2996
Kristine M. Zanotti, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Reproductive BiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Prevention Control & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAmy Y. Zhang, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of UrologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberCancer PreventionControl & Population Research ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: axz16@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0968