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Breast SBDOH: Optimizing Collection of Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Data in Breast Cancer Care
Project Description Social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDoH) are well-known root causes that have led to and perpetuate the disparities among patients with breast cancer. SBDoH comprise the…
Thibang Diphatlha: Testing Adaptive Strategies to Close the Gap From Cervical Cancer Diagnosis to Treatment in Botswana
Project Description Women in the sub-Saharan African nation of Botswana are 10 times more likely than their American counterparts to die of cervical cancer. This is due in large…
Telemedicine and Cancer Rehabilitation: Learning from the Pandemic
Project Description Telemedicine experienced major growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, filling a suddenly urgent need for safe, remote alternatives to the doctor’s office. Telemedicine technologies, which primarily involve phone…
Sara Ginzberg
Sara Ginzberg, MD, MSHP is an Innovation Fellow at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and a Resident in General Surgery at Penn. She is interested in…
Mattia Mah’moud
Mattia Mah’moud, MPhil, is an Innovation Fellow at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and a second year MSTP MD-PhD candidate at the Perelman School of Medicine at…
GIFTT: The Guaranteed Income and Financial Treatment Trial
Project Description Financial hardships impact one in three patients during the course of their cancer treatment, and are experienced more severely by women, people of color, and low-income families.
Penn TRACE: Telehealth Research Center of Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania
Project Description The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Telehealth ReseArch Center of Excellence (Penn TRACE), based at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) at the Abramson Cancer Center,…
A Novel CRC Screening Decision Aid for Older Adults with Low Health Literacy
Project Description In the United States, 33% of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses and 46% of CRC deaths occur in adults over the age of 75. While there are benefits…
Demonstrating the Value, Safety, and Feasibility of Telehealth in Clinical Trials
Project Description The use of telehealth increased rapidly and dramatically as a form of healthcare delivery at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has created opportunities to reexamine…
First Intervention on Financial Toxicity in Gynecologic Oncology
Project Description Gynecologic cancers are the third most common cancer in the United States. While advances such as multi-modal therapeutics have had a positive impact on care and overall…