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国产伦理 Faculty Member Receives NIH K01 Award for Breast Cancer Research

Breast Cancer, Ethnically/Racially Diverse Young Women, South Florida, Breach Cancer Research, NIH, Nursing, Young Breast Cancer Survivors

The overall objective of the research is to understand the experiences of racially/ethnically diverse young breast cancer survivors in South Florida and to improve health outcomes among this population.


By gisele galoustian | 7/22/2021

Racially and ethnically diverse young women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50, particularly Black and Hispanic/Latina women, suffer disproportionately from breast cancer health disparities and are under-represented in cancer genetics research.

, Ph.D., principal investigator and an assistant professor of nursing at 国产伦理鈥檚 , has received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K01 Career Development Award, a five-year, $772,525 award for a project titled, 鈥淒ecision Support for Multigene Panel Testing and Family Risk Communication among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Young Breast Cancer Survivors.鈥澛

The overall objective of Jones鈥 proposed study is to understand the experiences of racially/ethnically diverse young breast cancer survivors in South Florida and to improve health outcomes among this population. The award will support further development and testing of an innovative web-based intervention to improve multigene panel testing and cancer risk-reduction among racially and ethnically diverse young breast cancer survivors in South Florida and to promote family risk communication among their at-risk family members. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) program provides support and protected time for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences, leading to research independence.

鈥淕enetic testing for cancer susceptibility genes should be a priority for all young breast cancer patients regardless of race,鈥 said Jones. 鈥淚 am excited to receive this K01 award from the National Cancer Institute, which will enable me to advance my research skills and to become a leading independent investigator in cancer prevention and control.鈥

In addition to the proposed research study, Jones will complete a rigorous training and career development curriculum under the mentorship of renowned leaders in nursing, public health, medical oncology, biostatistics, and cancer survivorship.

鈥淲e are extremely proud of Dr. Jones for receiving the National Cancer Institute鈥檚 鈥楳entored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity.鈥 This grant will provide Dr. Jones with protected time, opportunity and an invaluable mentorship with her mentoring team, which are necessary to pursue her career and scientific goals in several targeted areas within bio-behavioral oncology and cancer survivorship,鈥 said , Ph.D., dean, 国产伦理 Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. 鈥淭he didactic and experiential learning Dr. Jones will gain from the project, combined with the development of leadership skills, will enable her to successfully transition into a leading researcher whose ultimate goal is to reduce health disparities.鈥

Upon successful completion of the project, Jones鈥 contributions will add to the elucidation of factors that impact completion of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer multigene panel testing among diverse young breast cancer patients in South Florida as well as efficacy of a behavioral intervention for increasing multigene panel testing, cancer risk-reduction, and family risk communication.

Tarsha Jones, Ph.D., principal investigator and an assistant professor of nursing in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

Tarsha Jones, Ph.D., principal investigator and an assistant professor of nursing in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

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