Nearly fifty faculty serve as mentors for the Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program through the Cancer Control and Prevention Science (CCPS) or Cancer Chemoprevention (CC) programs.
Primary Mentors:
Ritu Aneja, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Research Interests:
Socio-biological determinants of breast cancer racial disparities
Email:
raneja@uab.edu
Marie Bakitas, DNSc, NP
Primary Mentor
Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:
Palliative care, disparities research, community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Email:
mbakitas@uab.edu
Sofia Beas Parodi, PhD
Primary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Research Interests:
Elucidating the neuronal processes that guide motivation
Email:
sbeas@uab.edu
Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Cancer survivorship and late effects
Email:
mbakitas@uab.edu
Elizabeth Brown, PhD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Research Interests:
Epidemiology of lymphoma and multiple myeloma
Email:
elbrown@uab.edu
Karen Cropsey, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Psychology
Research Interests:
Smoking cessation interventions
Email:
kcropsey@uab.edu
J. Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD, MSN
Primary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:
Palliative care research in oncology caregiving
Email:
dionneod@uab.edu
Gareth Dutton, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Weight loss interventions in high-risk populations
Email:
gdutton@uab.edu
Ronit Elk, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Geriatrics, Gerontology & Palliative Care
Research Interests:
Palliative care, disparities research, community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Email:
elkronit@uab.edu
Craig Elmets, MD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:
Chemoprevention of skin cancers
Email:
celmets@uabmc.edu
Kevin Fontaine, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Health Behavior
Research Interests:
Lifestyle interventions in high-risk populations
Email:
kfontai1@uab.edu
Mona Fouad, MD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Cancer disparities
Email:
mfouad@uab.edu
Barbara Gower, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests:
Dietary interventions in breast, brain and ovarian CA
Email:
bgower@uab.edu
Nataliya Ivankova, PhD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Health Services Administration
Research Interests:
Qualitative and mixed methods evaluation of cancer survivorship
Email:
nivankov@uab.edu
Natalia Kedishvili, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests:
Retinol/sterol metabolism in chemoprevention
Email:
nkedishvili@uab.edu
Mirjam-Colette Kempf, PhD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:
Women’s health in HIV disease, psychosocial determinants of infectious disease outcomes
Email:
mkempf@uab.edu
Wendy Landier, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Research Interests:
Health disparities in colorectal cancer
Email:
manne@uab.edu
Upender Manne, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Research Interests:
Health disparities in colorectal cancer
Email:
manne@uab.edu
Ludwine Messiaen, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Clinical Genetics
Research Interests:
Genotype-phenotype associations in schwannomas
Email:
lmessiaen@uab.edu
Donna Murdaugh, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Pediatric - Hematology-Oncology
Research Interests:
Understanding and improving neurocognitive outcomes in pediatric and young adult cancer survivors
Email:
dlmurdaugh@uab.edu
Lyse Norian, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests:
Immuno-modulating lifestyle interventions
Email:
lnorian@uab.edu
Dorothy Pekmezi, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests:
Immuno-modulating lifestyle interventions
Email:
lnorian@uab.edu
Maria Pisu, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Health economics, financial toxicity in cancer patients
Email:
mpisu@uab.edu
Jeevan Prasain, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Research Interests:
Bioactive dietary natural products in the prevention of cancer
Email:
jprasain@uab.edu
Gabrielle Rocque, MD
Primary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests:
Enhancing shared decision making in metastatic breast cancer
Email:
grocque@uab.edu
Laura Rogers, MD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests:
Physical activity interventions in cancer survivors
Email:
rogersl@uab.edu
Isabel Scarinci, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Prevention in high-risk populations and global health
Email:
scarinci@uab.edu
James Shikany, DrPH
Primary Mentor
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Diet, dietary patterns and cancer
Email:
jshikany@dopm.uab.edu
Ellen Smith, PhD, MSN, RN
Primary Mentor
Professor of Nursing, Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care
Assistant Dean for Research and Scholarship
Research Interests:
Interventions for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Email:
esmith3@uab.edu
Trygve Tollefsbol, PhD, DO
Primary Mentor
Professor of Biology
Research Interests:
Epigenetic modulation of cancer risk via botanicals and functional foods
Email:
trygve@uab.edu
Ursula Wesselmann, MD, PhD
Primary Mentor
Professor of Anaesthesiology
Research Interests:
Pain in cancer patients and survivors
Julie Wolfson, MD
Primary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests:
Health services research in childhood cancer survivors
Email:
wolfsonj@uab.edu
Nabiha Yusuf, PhD, MPH
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:
Interferon prevention of photo-carcinogenesis
Email:
nabiha@uab.edu
Lisa Zubkoff, PhD
Primary Mentor
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine
Research Interests:
Developing and testing implementation strategies to improve the uptake of evidence-based practices
Email:
lzubkoff@uab.edu
Secondary Mentors:
Farrukh Afaq, PhD
Secondary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:
Photocarcinogenesis, photoaging and other hyperproliferative and inflammatory skin diseases
Email:
farrukhafaq@uabmc.edu
Venkatram Atigadda, PhD
Secondary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests:
Design and development of novel rexinoids, retinoids and their mechanistic studies
Email:
venkatra@uab.edu
Tatjana Coric, PhD
Secondary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Research Interests:
Cancer prevention, chemotherapeutics, non-coding RNAs, high-throughput screening
Email:
tcoric@uab.edu
Kelly Kenzik, PhD, MS
Secondary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests:
Impact of cancer diagnoses on patient-reported outcomes, morbidity, mortality and health care utilization
Email:
kkenzik@uab.edu
Sadeep Shrestha, PhD
Secondary Mentor
Associate Professor of Public Health
Research Interests:
Cancer control, racial disparities, HPV, head and neck cancers
Email:
sshrestha@uab.edu
Kristen Triebel, PhD
Secondary Mentor
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests:
Decision making in brain cancer patients
Email:
kgerstenecker@uabmc.edu
John Waterbor, MD
Secondary Mentor
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Research Interests:
Cancer epidemiology, cancer clusters
Email:
h2obor@uab.edu
Grant Williams, MD
Secondary Mentor
Assistant Professor of Hematology & Oncology
Research Interests:
Sarcopenia and age-related conditions in cancer survivors
Email:
gwillia@uab.edu