Area of research
Oncology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Cancer Risks and Factors, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cancer survivorship and care, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.
Cancer statistics for African American and Black people, 2025
Historical Redlining, Persistent Mortgage Discrimination, and Race in Breast Cancer Outcomes
Neighborhood Deprivation and Breast Cancer Mortality Among Black and White Women
Neighborhood Deprivation and DNA Methylation and Expression of Cancer Genes in Breast Tumors
Redlining−associated methylation in breast tumors: the impact of contemporary structural racism on the tumor epigenome
A Comparison of Three Area-Level Indices of Neighborhood Deprivation and Socioeconomic Status and their Applicability to Breast Cancer Mortality
The obesity-breast cancer link: a multidisciplinary perspective
Total Energy Intake: Implications for Epidemiologic Analyses
Drivers of racial, regional, and socioeconomic disparities in late‐stage breast cancer mortality
Neighborhood characteristics and breast tumor methylation: using epigenomics to explore cancer outcome disparities
Time to Surgical Treatment and Facility Characteristics as Potential Drivers of Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality
Racial Disparities in Diagnostic Delay Among Women With Breast Cancer
Early Discontinuation of Endocrine Therapy and Recurrence of Breast Cancer among Premenopausal Women
Crown-Like Structures in Breast Adipose Tissue: Early Evidence and Current Issues in Breast Cancer
Examining the association between adiposity and DNA methylation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Care Does Not Explain Breast Cancer Mortality Disparities by Race in Metropolitan Atlanta
Postdiagnosis Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Mortality From Prostate Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and All Causes Among Survivors of Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer
The American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study-3 FFQ Has Reasonable Validity and Reproducibility for Food Groups and a Diet Quality Score
Type 2 diabetes, breast cancer specific and overall mortality: Associations by metformin use and modification by race, body mass, and estrogen receptor status
A balancing act: racial disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality among women diagnosed with breast cancer
Obesity-associated methylation in breast tumors: a possible link to disparate outcomes?
Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity, offspring cord blood DNA methylation, and offspring cardiometabolic health in early childhood: an epigenome-wide association study
Disadvantaged neighborhoods and racial disparity in breast cancer outcomes: the biological link
Overall gestational weight gain mediates the relationship between maternal and child obesity
Race differences in cardiovascular disease and breast cancer mortality among US women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer
Obesity and cancer treatment efficacy: Existing challenges and opportunities
Oncotype DX recurrence score implications for disparities in chemotherapy and breast cancer mortality in Georgia
Rationale and Design of a Clinical Trial of Adapted Tango to Improve Negative Health Impacts in Middle Aged African-American Female Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease (ACT Trial)
Identifying and Addressing Disparities in Survival Outcomes for Rural Patients With Cancer