BLOCS Members List
| NAME | TITLE | DEPARTMENTAL AFFILIATION | RESEARCH INTERESTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Berger, MD, PhD | Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Health, Behavior and Society; Berman Institute | shared decision making, health inequities, solidarity and health, bioethics, language-concordant care, cancer and primary care, immigrant health |
| Lauren Berninger, DO, MBE | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Medicine | quality of care, ethics, early palliative care involvement in malignancy |
| Joann Bodurtha, MD, MPH | Professor | Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics, Oncology, Bloomberg Health, Behavior and Society | genetic diagnosis and risk communication, healthcare access and community engagement |
| Evans Brown, Md, MHS | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, JHBMC | environmental epidemiology, climate change, cancer, sustainability |
| Youngjee Choi, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine | cancer survivorship, primary care |
| Stacy Cooper, MD, MEd | Associate Professor | Department of Oncology, Division of Pediatric Oncology; Department of Pediatrics | survivorship, communication, primary care providers and oncology, medical education |
| Dulce M. Cruz-Oliver, MD | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Medicine | hospice, family caregivers, palliative care, Latinos/Hispanics, interventions |
| Sydney Dy, MD, ScM | Professor | Health Policy & Management; Oncology | cancer survivorship, palliative care |
| Joy Feliciano, MD | Professor | Department of Medicine Oncology, Johns Hopkins Bayview | health disparities in lung cancer, patient reported outcomes, cost of care for cancer, community outreach, quality of care, health outcomes |
| Christine Gourin, MD, MPH, FACS | Professor; Director, the Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Supportive Care Clinic | Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Head and Neck Surgical Oncology; Attending Physician, Palliative Medicine | quality of life, quality of care, functional outcome measurement, palliative care |
| Susan Hannum, PhD, MA | Associate Research Professor | Department of Health, Behavior and Society | aging, pain, survivorship, patient/physician interactions |
| Amol Narang, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Radiation Oncology | pancreatic cancer, multidisciplinary care, patient-reported outcomes, patient navigation |
| Eniola Oluyemi, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Division | disparities in the timely diagnosis of breast cancer, and disparities in access to breast imaging services |
| Channing Paller, MD | Professor | Department of Oncology/Genitourinary Oncology | disparities |
| Chintan Pandya PhD, MPH, MBBS | Associate Research Professor | Health Policy and Management | clinical informatics and advanced analytics, cancer and dementia outcomes, population health management and risk modeling, social determinants of health, and medication management |
| Kimberly Peairs, MD | Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Ambulatory | Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Oncology | survivorship, transitions of care |
| Rachel Peterson, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Neuropsychology | pediatric cancer, cognition, neuropsychological outcomes, quality of life, survivorship, patient-reported outcomes, biomarkers (imaging, serum, CSF) |
| Craig Pollack, MD, MHS | Katey Ayers Professor | Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, Medicine, Oncology | social determinants of health, housing policy, neighborhoods, cancer health services, network analysis |
| Jenni Sheng, MD | Assistant Professor | Department of Oncology | survivorship, cardiometabolic health, patient and caregiver education |
| Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD, MA | Professor | Department of Health, Behavior and Society | survivorship, disparities, communication, research methods, behavior, tobacco control |
| Thomas Smith, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAAHPM | Professor Emeritus | Oncology | neuromodulation for chronic and neuropathic pain; health service research; technology assessment |
| Claire Snyder, PhD | Professor | Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Oncology, Health Policy & Management | quality of care, survivorship, patient-reported outcomes, coordination with primary care |
| Samantha Vogt, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology; Department of Oncology, Cancer Prevention and Control Program | quality of care, patient-reported outcomes, coordination with primary care in a low resource setting (South Africa), HIV-associated malignancies |
| K. Ranh Voong, MD, MPH | Associate Professor | Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences | improving the outcomes of patients with thoracic cancers by understanding and optimizing the delivery of radiotherapy through patient reported outcomes, radiation technology advancements, and in the context of receipt of systemic therapy |
| Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM | Associate Professor | School of Nursing; School of Medicine, Department of Oncology | navigation, survivorship, disparities, family & community-level interventions, health information technology applications, decision-making, health care access |
| Antonio Wolff, MD | Professor | Department of Oncology | clinical trials, new therapies, care coordination, quality of life, biomarkers |
| Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA | Scientific Vice President, American Cancer Society; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University | Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) | access to care, economic burden, health insurance coverage, value, survivorship |