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 National Cancer Institute
A Dashboard of Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Care Provided by NICUs Jochen Profit, MD (Stanford)
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Institutes of Health
Infrastructure for Pathways, a Prospective Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship Lawrence H Kushi, ScD (Kaiser)
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI)
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

Lung cancer in never smokers: incidence, risk factors, and molecular characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander females

Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD
Iona Cheng, PhD
National Cancer Institute
Social Disparities in NICU Care Jochen Profit, MD (Stanford)
Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Institutes of Health
Validating Residential Histories in Ethnically and Socioeconomically Diverse Populations Stephen Hecht, PhD (U of Minnesota)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Cancer Institute
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
A Cohort Study of Air Pollution, Lung Cancer, and COPD in Los Angeles County Iona Cheng, PhD
Anna Wu, PhD (USC)
National Cancer Institute
A prospective study of phthalates, BPA, and breast cancer Anna Wu, PhD (USC)
Iona Cheng, PhD
California Breast Cancer Research Program
Ambient Air Toxics and Breast Cancer Julia Heck, PhD (UCLA)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
California Breast Cancer Research Program
A Cohort Study of Air Pollution, Malignant and Benign Brain Tumors in Los Angeles County Anna Wu, PhD (USC)
Iona Cheng, PhD
Brain, Lung Tumor and Air Pollution Foundation
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
Understanding Determinants of Racial/ethnic disparities in Liver Cancer and Chronic Liver Disease in Understudied and High-Risk Populations Wendy Setiawan, PhD (USC)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Cancer Institute
Circadian disruption and risk of prostate cancer in a multiethnic cohort Lorelei Mucci, MPH, ScD (Harvard)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Cancer Institute
Populuation Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology III Tara Matise, PhD (Rutgers U)
Christoper Gignoux, PhD (U of Colorado)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Human Genome Research Institute
Colon Cancer Family Registry

Mark Jenkins, PhD (U of Melbourne)
Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD (U of Hawaii)

Jane Figueiredo, PhD  (Cedars-Sinai)
Noralane Lindor, MD (Mayo Clinic)
Steven Gallinger, MD (Sinai Health System)
Polly A. Newcomb, PhD (Fred Hutchinson)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)

National Cancer Institute
Social Epigenomic Conditioning of Diabetes Disparities Alika Maunakea, PhD (U of Hawaii)
Iona Cheng, PhD (UCSF PI)
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
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 (UCSF PI)
National Cancer Institute
Patient COUNTS (The Patient Cancer Outreach, Navigation, Technology and Support Project): Addressing Care for Asian Americans with Cancer Tung Nguyen, PhD
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD
Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation
A neigborhood environment-wide association study of lung cancer risk and prognosis among never-smoking Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander females Mindy DeRouen, PhD
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD
Iona Cheng, PhD
National Cancer Institute

Predictors of CVD among Breast Cancer survivors in an Integrated Health System Administrative Supplement

Marilyn Kwan (Kaiser)
Heather Greenlee (Fred Hutchinson)
Salma Shariff-Marco, 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

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

Sex and race/ethnicity-specific multilievel factors influencing pubertal trajectories: a population-based study

Ai Kubo, MPH, PhD (Kaiser)
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

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

Understanding the role of neighborhood social stressors in breast cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Iona Cheng, PhD National Cancer Institute
Multilevel drivers of liver cancer disparities Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD National Cancer Institute
Neighborhood and allostatitic load among breast cancer survivors

Lawrence H Kushi, ScD (Kaiser)
Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD (UCSF PI)

 

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

National Institute on Minority Health and 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
Racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer treatment and survival: and integrative approach

Jennifer Doherty, PhD (U of Utah)
Lawrence H Kushi, ScD (Kaiser)
Elisa Bandera, PhD (Rutgers)
Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD (UCSF PI)

National Cancer Institute

Updated 7/2020