Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative Seminar Series
The Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative works to optimize cancer survivorship across the lifespan and ensure equity for patients of every race, ethnicity, gender and socially determined status. This seminar series will invite scientists from Georgetown and outside institutions to present their research. It will also provide a forum in which individuals may present work in progress to receive meaningful feedback from a multidisciplinary audience.
Kimberly A. Miller, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and Department of Dermatology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
presents
“The Power of Cancer Surveillance Data: Population-Based Research Among Diverse Young Adult Cancer Survivors in California”
Meet the Speaker:
Immediately following the SRI seminar, there will be a 30 minute Meet the Professor session, which will provide attendees an opportunity to engage in Q&A and discuss specific research subjects with Dr. Miller.
About the Speaker:
Kimberly Miller, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and Department of Dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on understanding the health behaviors and healthcare systems factors important to cancer prevention and survivorship for children, adolescents, and young adults. She is currently Principal Investigator of two NCI R01-funded studies in this area: a longitudinal study that examines the impact of a cancer diagnosis on the social well-being, symptom burden, and activity behaviors of ethnically diverse young adult cancer patients over the course of a year; and a study using data from the California Cancer Registry to examine the effects of residing in an ethnic enclave on the healthcare utilization of Asian American young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Her research incorporates behavioral, epidemiological, and implementation science methodologies to inform clinical practice and policies to improve cancer-related health outcomes and reduce disparities for this at-risk cancer population. With Drs. David Freyer (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles) and Joel Milam (University of California, Irvine), she is co-director of the Center for Young Adult Cancer Survivorship, an interdisciplinary research collaborative whose mission is to study and improve the health outcomes of young adult cancer survivors.