Cancer Control and Population Sciences

Description

The Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program (CCPS) Program is a comprehensive basic and applied research program that spans the cancer control continuum from etiology, primary prevention, screening, and early detection to continuing care, survivorship, and outcomes research. CCPS fosters innovative research aimed at preventing cancer and improving cancer-related outcomes. Program members have expertise ranging from basic laboratory, epidemiological, sociobehavioral, and clinical research on cancer risk factors and mechanisms to intervention trial design and execution�the full continuum of translational research. A common thread tying our broad research interests is the shared belief that the maximal value of fundamental or basic discoveries is achieved only when research is translated into evidence-based clinical and public health strategies.

The unifying long-range goal of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program (CCPS) is to prevent cancer and reduce cancer morbidity and mortality through effective individualized oncology. The Program is centered on the shared vision of generating outstanding science that improves cancer prevention and care through bold discovery and applications.

Specific scientific aims include the following:

Determine genetic risk factors, genotype-phenotype associations, and gene-environment interactions for cancer etiology and survivorship
Enhance understanding of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors of cancer etiology and outcomes through novel research
Develop and test interventions designed to prevent cancer and improve cancer outcomes
Identify determinants of cancer disparities in order to develop and test solutions to reduce these disparities

Investigative work is organized under two thematic areas: 1) Epidemiology and Genetics and 2) Behavioral and Outcomes Research. The Program�s themes are linked by cancer-focused basic research involving biological, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms, as well as tests and dissemination of cancer control interventions. The ultimate goal of both themes to prevent cancer and improve cancer outcomes. Research is aimed at identifying efficient intervention targets and effective methodological or intervention techniques. The CCPS Program encourages collaborations to accelerate the pace of this research. A key programmatic strength is predicting genetic risk; developing and testing disease models helps accelerate the translation fo discoveries into effective interventions that assure successful implementation and broad access. Program members employ a wide range of approaches in diverse cancer sites, settings, and populations to investigate basic and applied issues in all areas of cancer control�from cancer etiology through survivorship to end-of-life-care.

Between 2003-2009, this Program produced 443 cancer-relevant publications. Intraprogrammatic collaborations were involved in 111 (25 percent) of these publications; interprogrammatic collaborations produced 88 publications (20 percent). Program direct cost peer-reviewed funding of this group in 2008 was $11 million, including $7.3 million in NCI funding.

Anita Y. Kinney, PhD, RN
Leader

HCI, Room 3143
(801) 585-1151

CCPS Membership Directory

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Aspinwall, Lisa

Department: Psychology
E-mail: lisa.aspinwall@psych.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 587-9021
Research Interest: Psychological and behavioral response to genetic testing

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Beck, Susan

Department: Nursing
E-mail: susan.beck@nurs.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 585-9609
Research Interest: Pain and symptom management, quality of life, cancer survivorship

Boucher, Kenneth

Department: Oncological Sciences
E-mail: ken.boucher@hci.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 585-9544
Research Interest: Cancer biostatistics

Burt, Randall

Department: Internal Medicine
E-mail: randall.burt@hci.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 585-3281
Research Interest: Gene discovery for colon cancer

Buys, Saundra

Department: Internal Medicine
E-mail: saundra.buys@hci.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 585-0255
Research Interest: Breast cancer genetics, cancer screening

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Anita Y. Kinney, PhD, RNLeader

Anita Y. Kinney, PhD, RN
Leader