Program Director: Julia Hannum Rose, PhD Professor, Medicine, Geriatrics and Bioethics jhr8@case.edu

Program Faculty

Julia Hannum Rose, PhD
Professor of Medicine - Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Bioethics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Area: Geriatrics, cancer survivorship, quality of life

David C. Aron, MD
Professor of Medicine
Research Area: Quality of care research

Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Area: Behavioral risk reduction, community prevention

Gregory S. Cooper, MD
Professor of Medicine-Gastroenterology
Training Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Research Area: Cancer control epidemiology and health services research, GI cancers

Barbara J. Daly, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Research area: Quality of life, aging and cancer, end of life care and decision making

Gary T. Deimling, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Research area: Quality of life, psychological status among cancer survivors

Robert C. Elston, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Area: Genetic epidemiological methods

Susan A. Flocke, PhD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Research Area: Health behavior advice in primary care practice and mixed methods

Nahida H. Gordon, PhD
Professor of Bioethics
Research Area: Breast cancer epidemiological risk factors and cancer patient survivorship

Eric T. Juengst, PhD
Professor of Bioethics
Research Area: Ethical, legal and social implications of cancer genetic screening

Eva F. Kahana, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Research Area: Proactivity and quality of life among elderly cancer patients

Siran M. Koroukian, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Area: Cancer-Related Disparities, Cancer and Aging, Multimorbidity and Cancer Outcomes

Li Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Research Area: Gene-environment interaction in the etiology of colon and prostate cancer

Patricia A. Marshall, PhD
Professor of Bioethics
Research Area: Informed consent, ethics of genetic information, international health

Anne Matthews, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Area: Educational projects in medical genetics and genetic counseling

Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing
Research Area: Development and testing of health promotion interventions for chronic illness; emphasis on elders and women.

Kathleen A. Smyth, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Areas: Caregiver burden, quality of life and resource use; use of computer mediated communication in the provision of health and social services

Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Sociology
Research Area: Observational and intervention research on innovative approaches to increasing cancer preventive service delivery in primary care settings

Aloen L. Townsend, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Social Sciences
Research Areas: Adult development and aging, research methods and statistics, physical and mental health, families and formal service systems

Georgia L. Wiesner, MD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Director, Cancer Genetics Clinic
Research Area: Cancer genetics, genetic counseling

M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Research Area: Symptom management in the oncology patient, personal and genetic variables increasing the risk for cancer