Active Projects
| Project Title | PI(s) | Funding Source |
| TAP Study (Talking about Prostate Cancer Study): Active surveillance and patient reported outcomes in a diverse population of prostate cancer patients | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Evaluation of Genetic, Clinical, and Environmental Risk Factors to Establish Effective Screening Strategies for Second Primary Lung Cancer | Summer Han, PhD (Stanford) Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| RESPOND Study: Research on Prostate Cancer in African American Men: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Access to Care | Christopher Haiman, ScD (USC) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (main) | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| California Cancer Regional Registry (Region 1/8) Renewal | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD | California Department of Public Health |
| The Role of 27-hydroxycholesterol in Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Multiethnic Study | Lenora Loo PhD (U of Hawaii) Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| CRUISE: Cancer registry for understanding and imrpoving survivorship experiences | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH | National Cancer Institute |
| PAGE III: Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology | Tara Matise, PhD (Rutgers U) Christoper Gignoux, PhD (U of Colorado) Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Human Genome Research Institute |
| Social networks and disparities in health behaviors and breast cancer outcomes in immigrant women | Candyce Kroenke, MPH, ScD (Kaiser) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Understanding the Multilevel Drivers of Liver Cancer Disparities | Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| FANS Study (Female Asian Never Smoker Study): Elucidating Lung Cancer Etiology among Asian American Female Never Smokers | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD Iona Cheng, PhD Moon Chen, PhD (UC Davis) | National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Ethnicity and Nativity in Cancer - Latino & Asian Enclaves: The ENCLAVE Study | Sandi Pruitt, PhD (U of Texas Southwestern) Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| Insights from Asian Populations into Disparities in Breast Cancer Prognosis and Outcomes | Lawrence H Kushi, PhD (Kaiser) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD Song Yao (Roswell Park) | National Cancer Institute |
| Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Treatment and Survival: An Integrative Approach | Jennifer Doherty, PhD (U of Utah) Lawrence H Kushi, PhD (Kaiser) Elisa Bandera, PhD (Rutgers) Scarlett Lin Gomez (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Infrastructure for Pathways, a Prospective Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship | Christine Ambrosone (Roswell Park) Lawrence H Kushi, PhD (Kaiser) Scarlett Lin Gomez (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Socioecological Determinants of Immunoepigenetic Signatures of Diabetes Risk in Indigenous Communities | Alika Maunakea, PhD (U of Hawaii) Iona Cheng (UCSF PI) | National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Disparities in Processes and Outcomes of Care Across Asian/Pacific Islander Populations at Childbirth | Jochen Profit, MD (Stanford) E Main, MD | Eunice Kennedy Shrivner National institute of Child health & Human Development |
| Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics & Population Research Shared Resource | Mi-Ok Kim, Salma Shariff-Marco | Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Elucidating Individual and Neighborhood Factors Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) | Janet Chu | Mount Zion Health Fund |
| The Patient Cancer Outreach, Navigation, Technology and Support (Patient COUNTS) Project | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | SYRMOUNT |
| Population Health Data Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity Analyses and Interventions | Courtney Lyles (PI) Mark Pletcher, PhD (UCSF PI) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | SYRMOUNT |
| Multilevel Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening Utilization | Lori Sakoda (Kaiser PI), Scarlett Gomez (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Legacy of redlining: Policy remedies for disparities in tobacco retail density and lung cancer | Lisa Henriksen, PhD (Stanford University), Scarlett Gomez (UCSF PI) | Tobacco-Related Disease Research program |
| Understanding the role of area-level factors, smoking, and epigenetics in lung cancer risk across populations groups | Iona Cheng, Lani Park (U of Hawaii) | National Cancer Institute |
| Impact of Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke on Life Expectancy | Anna Wu, PhD (USC) Iona Cheng Jun Wu | National Institute of Aging |
| Understanding Ethnic Differences in Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study | Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD (U of Hawaii) Lynne Wilkens, DrPH (U of Hawaii) Christopher Haiman, ScD (USC) Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Liver Disease Disparities in High-Risk Asian American populations | Grace Ma, PhD (Temple); Scarlett Gomez (USCF PI) | National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Understanding the impact of area-based composite measures on population differences in mortality: The Multiethnic Cohort Study | Iona Cheng, Salma Shariff-Marco | National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Breast Cancer in Asian American Females (CRANE) | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | Breast Cancer Research Foundation |
| Addressing Misinformation to Promote Equity in Prostate Cancer Care | Stacy Loeb, MD | National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort | Mark Jenkins, PhD; Dan Buchanan, PhD; Stephen Gallinger, MD; Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD; Rish Pai, MD, PhD; Amanda Phipps, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| The Upstream Center: Income Interventions to Address the Fundamental Causes of Cancer Inequities | D Rehkopf, ScD, MPH (Stanford PI) Robert Hiatt (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| A national Asian American cohort for assessing multi-level determinants in cancer etiology: the ASPIRE Cohort | Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD Iona Cheng, PhD Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| Identifying factors associated with prostate cancer progression and survival in African American men: The RESPOND Cohort | Christopher Haiman, ScD (USC) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| TRPCD SPORE -Translational Research Program for Colorectal Cancer Disparities | Ulrike Peters, PhD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center); Christopher Li, MD, PhD; Timothy Thomas, MD Iona Cheng (UCSF PI) | National Cancer Institute |
| EMOVES: Generating and evaluating interventions to drive health equity in Prostate Cancer care | Sam Washington, MD | The Movember Foundation |
| Interplay of tumor genomic and immune characteristics and external drivers of health to improve cancer health outcomes | Susan Chang, MD (UCSF Contact MPI); Franklin Huang, MD, PhD (UCSF MPI) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (COE Co-Director) Iona Cheng, PhD (DRP Director) | National Cancer Institute |
| Persistent Poverty and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Elucidating biological, behavioral, and place-based pathways | Iona Cheng, PhD Erin Van Blarigan, ScD; Jane Figueiredo, PhD (Cedars Sinai) | National Cancer Institute |
| The Role of Social epigenomics in trajectories of multilevel social stressors and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African American/Black men | Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
| Family RESPOND: Defining the Genetic Basis of Prostate Cancer Risk in African American Families | Christopher Haiman, ScD (USC) Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD | National Cancer Institute |
Updated 9/2025