Cancer Surveillance, Screening, and Treatment for Prostate Cancer
Outcomes Research and Cancer Epidemiology
Host Factors and Immunotherapy Outcomes
Contact Information
Research Professor
Research & Practice Interests
Education
PhD, Yale University
MPH, Yale University
BS, State University of New York at Stony Brooke
Taipei Medical College
Publications
- Epigenetic Landscapes of Aging in Breast Cancer Survivors: Unraveling the Impact of Therapeutic Interventions—A Scoping Review
- Disparities in the utilization of magnetic resonance imaging for prostate cancer detection: a population-based study
- The rates of septicemia in older adults with prostate cancer treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide: A population-based study
- Prognostic Value of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Genetic Alterations in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
- Prostein expression on circulating tumor cells as a prognostic marker in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
University Appointments
Research Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health
Professor, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Vice Chair, Population Science, Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University
Associate Director, Population Science, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Director, Neu Center for Supportive Medicine & Cancer Survivorship, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Biography
Dr. Grace Lu-Yao is a tenured Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University. She also serves as the Associate Director of Population Science at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC), an NCI-designated cancer center at Thomas Jefferson University.
Her research interests include cancer epidemiology, translational outcomes research, and geriatric oncology. Dr. Lu-Yao majored in biochemistry in undergraduate, earned her PhD in epidemiology and Master of Public Health degrees from Yale University. She worked with the world-renowned outcome research pioneer, Dr. John E. Wennberg, at the Dartmouth Medical School in her early career and was elected to be a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology in 2006.
Dr. Lu-Yao, the PI of several NIH funded projects, is passionate about bringing tailored whole-person care to patients with cancer. Many of her research findings on cancer surveillance, screening, and treatment for prostate cancer have provided benchmark references and published in high-impact medical journals such as JAMA, Lancet, British Medical Journal, and European Urology. Many physicians have used her research findings to counseling patients. Dr. Lu-Yao has substantial experience in leading transdisciplinary teams and in integrating population science with basic and clinical science. In 2018, Dr. Lu-Yao received the Investigator's Award from the International Society of Geriatric Oncology.