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Division of Population Sciences Faculty

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    Faculty

    Eliezer M. Van Allen, MD
    Chief, Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Van Allen Lab Website

    Jennifer W. Mack, MD, MPH
    Associate Chief, Division of Population Sciences
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
    Director, Center for Outcomes and Policy Research

    Gregory A. Abel, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Director, Older Adult Hematologic Malignancy Program (OHM)
    Physician Chair, Dana-Farber Ethics Advisory Committee
    Care Delivery Research, Ethics Research, Hematologic Oncology
    Abel Lab Website

    Saud Aldubayan, MD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Sylvan Baca, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Baca Lab Website

    Kira Bona, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
    Outcomes Research, Palliative Care, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies
    Bona Lab Website

    Christina Dieli-Conwright, PhD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Dieli-Conwright Lab Website

    Haitham A. Elmarakeby, PhD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Andrea C. Enzinger, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Palliative Care, End-of-life Communication, Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Temidayo Fadelu, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Anny Fenton, PhD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH
    Susan F. Smith Chair, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Chief, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention
    Director, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and TP53 Center
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Breast Oncology

    Riaz Gillani, MD
    Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

    Katie Greenzang, MD, MEd
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
    Outcomes Research, Pediatric Oncology, Medical Education

    Alexander Gusev, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Genomics, Health Services Research
    Gusev Lab Website

    Andrew Hantel, MD
    Instructor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Health Services Research, Outcomes Research, Hematologic Malignancies, Medical Ethics

    Michael Hassett, MD, MPH
    Chief Quality Officer
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Medical Director of Clinical Information Systems
    Health Services Research, Breast Oncology, Clinical Informatics

    Dong-Woo Kang, PhD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Junne Kamihara, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Pediatric Oncology

    Kenneth L. Kehl, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
    Outcomes Research, Translational Informatics

    Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Medical Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
    Faculty Director of Cancer Care Equity
    Deputy Associate Director for Community Engagement, DF/HCC
    Community-Based Research, Health Services Research, Thoracic Oncology

    Ramona Lim, MD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Cancer Genetics & Prevention, Gastroenterology

    David Liu, MD, MPH, MS
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Predictive Modeling, Tumor Heterogeneity, Tumor Evolution, Melanoma

    Christopher Manz, MD, MSHP
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Catherine Marinac, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

    Oreofe Odejide, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Health Services Research, Hematologic Oncology

    Rinaa S. Punglia, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
    Health Services Research, Radiation Oncology, Breast Oncology

    Huma Q. Rana, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Clinical Director, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Geneticist

    Timothy Rebbeck, PhD
    Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention
    Director, Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention
    Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Director for Cancer Equity and Engagement, DF/HCC     
    Molecular Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Global Health
    MADCaP Network Website

    Glorian C. Sorensen, PhD, MPH
    Professor, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health
    Director, Center for Community-Based Research
    Director, Harvard T.H. Chan Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing
    Community-Based Research, Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH
    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Director of Research, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention
    Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics and Prevention Clinic
    Co-Leader, Cancer Risk and Disparities Research Program, DF/HCC
    Co-Leader, Cancer Risk, Prevention, and Early Detection Research Program, DF/HCC
    Founder, Lynch Syndrome Center
    Lynch syndrome prediction model
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Hajime Uno, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Director, Statistical Programming Core, Population Sciences
    Biostatistics, Health Services Research

    K. "Vish" Viswanath, PhD
    Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
    Director, Health Communication Core, DF/HCC     
    Health Communication, Communication Inequalities, Community-based research

    Lachelle D. Weeks, MD, PhD
    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Clonal Hematopoiesis; Myeloid Neoplasia Genetics and Outcomes; Early Detection and Prevention of Blood Cancers

    Alexi Wright, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Outcomes Research, Gynecologic Oncology

    Matthew B. Yurgelun, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Director, Lynch Syndrome Center
    Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Research Scientists

    Rachel McCloud, PhD
    Scientist II, Center for Community-Based Research

    Eve Nagler, PhD
    Senior Scientist, Center for Community-Based Research

    Anna Revette, PhD
    Scientist II, Survey and Data Management Core, DF/HCC

    Chinedu Ukaegbu, MB, BS
    Senior Scientist

    Affiliated Faculty

    The Division of Population Sciences core faculty are independent investigators with primary academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Physicians and researchers in the Division of Population Sciences may also have joint appointments in a Dana-Farber clinical division or department. Core faculty devote most of their time to research that includes identification of cancer risk, risk mitigation, early detection, prevention, delivery of cancer care, cancer care quality and outcomes, and health policy, and as such have full access to all division administrative resources. All Population Sciences investigators welcome collaboration from internal and external faculty across all research themes.

    Affiliated faculty have primary employment in other divisions or departments within Dana-Farber, or in departments outside of Dana-Farber at one of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center partner institutions. Affiliated faculty seek to engage with Population Sciences investigators to learn, collaborate, or observe in our dry lab research environment.

    Affiliated faculty in the Division of Population Sciences/McGraw Patterson Center for Population Sciences:

    • Have two-year affiliated appointments with renewable terms.
    • Have access to various division conferences, seminars, workshops, and events. Affiliated faculty are recommended to participate in these presentations, as well.
    • Are included in the ability to access data resource sharing and other division-specific research tools on an as-needed basis.
    • Must complete all Dana-Farber onboarding and compliance requirements to maintain affiliation.

    Affiliated Faculty Members

    Nadine J. McCleary, MD, MPH
    Felix Dietlein, MD, PhD
    Clark DuMontier, MD
    Narjust Florez, MD
    Kevin Haigis, PhD

    If you are interested in learning more or applying for an affiliated appointment in the Division of Population Sciences, please email population_sciences@dfci.harvard.edu for more information.