Anna Hoppmann, M.D., Second Year Fellow-Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been selected as the T32 post-doctoral trainee candidate for the Cancer Control and Prevention Training Program (CPCTP) at UAB. The goal of the UAB CPCTP is to train future cancer prevention and control researchers in cancer prevention (including epidemiology, chemoprevention and behavioral science), cancer early detection and cancer outcomes, survivorship and palliative care. Trainees participate in a specialized curriculum based on their disciplinary and research interests. 

Dr. Hoppmann plans to research outcomes in underserved populations. "Many children in Alabama live in medically underserved areas that lack access to primary care and are physically distant from pediatric subspecialty care," said Dr. Hoppmann. Through the T32 Training Program, I will investigate how living in an underserved area impacts outcomes for pediatric patients with cancer. My greatest hope is that this research will lead to interventions to improve outcomes for our oncology patients statewide." She will begin her training in January 2020. 

Congratulations Dr. Hoppmann!