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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
DEJANA BRAITHWAITE, PHD

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

CONTACT

DBraithwaite@psg-ucsf.org
(415) 514-8019 (voice)
(415) 514-8150 (fax)

Box 0560, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0560

EDUCATION

1998, London Guildhall University, UK, BSc, Psychology/Psychobiology
1999, University College London, UK, MSc, Health Psychology
2004, Cambridge University , Institute of Public Health, UK, PhD, Epidemiology/Behavioral Science
2007, UCSF Breast Cancer Center, Fellowship, Breast Cancer Epidemiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004-07

UC San Francisco, CA Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology Department of Surgery, Carol Franc Buck Breast Cancer Center

2007-present

Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA

HONORS & AWARDS

2000-04

Predoctoral Fellowship Award, Cancer Research UK

2003

Scholar in Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research

2007-08

Cancer Prevention Research Fellowship, Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award /American Society for Preventive Oncology

2007

New Investigator Award, American Society for Preventive Oncology

2007

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award California Breast Cancer Research Program

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Braithwaite D, Steggles N, Sutton S, Hodgson S, Thomas H, Edmondson C. Understanding intention to undergo genetic testing for colon cancer susceptibility: a survey of hereditary colon cancer families and the general population. J Med Genet, 2000. 37 (Suppl II) A2-A3.

Braithwaite D. Strategic overview of social cognition models (editorial). Health Psychol Update, 2001, 11, 1: 76-77

Braithwaite D, Sutton S, Steggles N. Intention to participate in predictive genetic testing for hereditary cancer: the role of attitude toward uncertainty. Psychology and Health, 2002, 17, 6: 761-772

Braithwaite D, Sutton S, Smithson WH, Emery J. Internet-based risk assessment and decision support for the management of familial cancer in primary care: a survey of GPsf attitudes and intentions. Fam Practice, 2002, 19, 6: 587-589

Braithwaite D, Emery J, de Lusignan S, Sutton S. Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: a valid alternative? Fam Practice, 2003, 20(5):545-51

Braithwaite D, Emery J, Walter F, Prevost T, Sutton S. Psychological impact of genetic counseling for familial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst, 2004, 21;96(2):122-33

Walter FM, Emery JD, Braithwaite D, Marteau TM. Lay understanding of familial risk of common chronic diseases: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. Ann Fam Med, 2004 2(6):583-94.

Braithwaite D, Sutton S, Mackay J, Stein J, Emery J. Development of a risk assessment tool for breast cancer prevention. Cancer Detect Prev 2005, 29: 433-439

Braithwaite D, Moore D, Liebman M, West D, Satariano W, Belkora J, Ozanne E, Esserman L. Estimating prognostic impact of comorbidity: development of a breast cancer specific model. Breast Cancer Res Treatment. 2005, 94, 1: S144

Braithwaite D, Emery J, Walter F, Prevost T, Sutton S. Psychological impact of genetic counseling for familial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Familial Cancer, 2006; 5(1):61-75.

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