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Charu Aggarwal
Leslye M. Heisler Associate Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence Physician Lead, Airways Malignancies Clinical Research, Abramson Cancer Center Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH is the Director of the Program in…
Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju
Helen O. Dickens Presidential Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine Surgical Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center, Abramson Cancer Center Chief of Breast Surgery, Penn Medicine Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, MD,…
TIME: Text-based Intervention to Minimize the Time Burden of Routine Cancer Care
Project Description Patients with advanced cancer spend a significant portion of their remaining survival time interacting with the health system: commuting to, waiting for, and receiving care. For instance,…
Increasing Rates of Serious Illness Conversations through Patient and Clinician Nudges
Project Description A national guideline-endorsed practice, serious illness conversations (SICs) are an opportunity for patients to share their wishes, care preferences, values, and goals as their disease progresses. They…
Allison Barz Leahy
Attending Physician, Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Allison Barz Leahy, MD, MSCE is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Instructor…
Cancer Care at Home
Project Description Each year, about 1.8 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Historically, nearly all life-extending cancer treatment has been delivered in outpatient or hospital settings. Within a year…
RadComp: Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness
Project Description Nearly 3 million women are living with breast cancer in the United States. Radiotherapy plays a major curative role in the treatment of breast cancers. Because of…
Lindsey Zinck
Lindsey Zinck, PhD, RN, OCN, NEA-BC is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and the inaugural Chief Nursing Officer for the Abramson Cancer…
iSMART: Implementation Strategies for Monitoring Adherence in Real Time for Oral Anticancer Therapies
Project Description Oral therapies in the treatment of lung cancer have unique side effect profiles that can lead to suboptimal adherence if not adequately managed, contributing ultimately to decreased…
Hospital Type and Utilization, Prices, and Financial Burden of Cancer Surgeries in the United States
Project Description In this initiative, PC3I researchers examined the relationship between hospital types and utilization, prices and financial burden, and spending for major cancer surgeries among privately insured patients…