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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science

Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems Research (HOPS)

Areas Reviewed

  • Studies investigating the delivery of cancer-related care, including patient-provider communication, patient navigation, and care coordination among oncology and primary care providers

  • Access to care research including identification and mitigation of barriers (such as availability, accessibility, affordability, and quality) to preventive services, cancer treatment, and follow-up care

  • Characteristics of patients, health care professionals, health systems, and populations that affect access to care, healthcare delivery, and workforce development

  • Behavioral economics and health policy research to better understand and address the factors affecting preventive services, screening, and healthcare across the cancer continuum

  • Research that addresses how financial toxicity (including employment and insurance status) affects cancer-related outcomes

  • Interventions and natural experiments that demonstrate how policy changes impact known risk factors of cancer (e.g., soda tax, indoor smoking bans)

  • Implementation science research that facilitates the translation of health services research into practice

Peer Review Committee Members 

Co-Chair, Michael Egger, MD, MPH, University of Louisville

Co-Chair, Talya Salz, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Gladys Asiedu, PhD, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Hoda Badr, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

Avonne Connor, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Christopher Filson, MD, MS, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

Theresa Hastert, PhD, MPP, Wayne State University

Arthur Hong, MD, MPH, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Allison Lipitz-Snyderman, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Christopher Manz, MD, MSHP, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Christina A. Minami, MD, MS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jean Mitchell, PhD, Georgetown University

Erin Mobley, PhD, MPH, University of Florida, College of Medicine Jacksonville

Arden Morris, MD, MPH, FACS, Stanford School of Medicine

Mya Roberson, PhD, MSPH, University of North Carolina Gillings School

of Global Public Health

Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM, UNC School of Medicine

Kali Zhou, MD, MAS Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California