Division of Population Science
Leadership
Position:
Director, Division of Population Science
Email:
Ronald.Myers@jefferson.edu
Division Faculty Publications
Veda Giri, MD
Recent Publications
- Addressing gaps in healthcare provider knowledge regarding germline testing for prostate cancer through development and testing of a virtual genetics board
- A generalizable machine learning framework for classifying DNA repair defects using ctDNA exomes
- Usefulness of podcasts to provide public education on prostate cancer genetics
- Liver Transplantation in a Woman with Mahvash Disease
- Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 2.2024 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines
Hee-Soon Juon, MSN, PhD
Recent Publications
- Racial discrimination, knowledge, and health outcomes: The mediating role of hepatitis B-related stigma among patients with chronic hepatitis B
- Individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics of lung cancer screening participants undergoing telemedicine shared decision making
- Racial disparities in new-onset diabetes mellitus in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy: a retrospective analysis of TriNetX data
- Genomic characterization of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma patients with Hepatitis B using circulating tumor DNA
- A novel method for measuring the burden of breast cancer in neighborhoods
Amy E. Leader, PhD
Recent Publications
- Did the COVID-19 experience change U.S. parents’ attitudes towards HPV vaccination? Results from a national survey
- Toward reducing racialized pain care disparities: Approaching cannabis research and access through the lens of equity and inclusion
- A Prioritized Patient-Centered Research Agenda to Reduce Disparities in Telehealth Uptake: Results from a National Consensus Conference
- Impact of Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment on Patient-Partner Intimacy
- Physician Perceptions on Cancer Screening for LGBTQ+ Patients
Ronald E. Myers, PhD, DSW
Recent Publications
- A modified filgrastim regimen does not reduce pain burden compared to pegfilgrastim in women receiving chemotherapy for non-metastatic breast cancer
- High rate of febrile neutropenia in patients with operable breast cancer receiving docetaxel and cyclophosphamide
- Rearing Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on artificial diet and Opuntia cladodes
- Viruses in laboratory-reared cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- Gemcitabine, dexamethasone, and cisplatin in patients with recurrent or refractory aggressive histology B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A phase II study by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (NCIC-CTG)
Hushan Yang, PhD
Recent Publications
- Prostein expression on circulating tumor cells as a prognostic marker in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
- Factors Likely to Affect the Uptake of Genomic Approaches to Cancer Screening in Primary Care: A Scoping Review
- Increased Drp1 promotes autophagy and ESCC progression by mtDNA stress mediated cGAS-STING pathway
- TFAM downregulation promotes autophagy and ESCC survival through mtDNA stress-mediated STING pathway
- Genomic Aberrations in Circulating Tumor DNAs from Palbociclib-Treated Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Reveal a Novel Resistance Mechanism
Charnita Zeigler-Johnson, PhD, MPH
Publications
- Individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics of lung cancer screening participants undergoing telemedicine shared decision making
- The Philadelphia Lung Cancer Learning Community: A multi-health-system, citywide approach to lung cancer screening
- Racial disparities in new-onset diabetes mellitus in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy: a retrospective analysis of TriNetX data
- Trends in prostate cancer incidence among Black men in the Caribbean and the United States
- A novel method for measuring the burden of breast cancer in neighborhoods