Education

Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA, 05/2008, Political Science
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, MSW, 05/2010, Social Work
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, MS, 08/2010, Social Policy
University of California, San Francisco, PhD, 06/2016, Sociology

Honors & Awards

  • 2006
    Yale University President's Public Service Fellowship
  • 2008
    Yale University Morse College Fellows Award
  • 2010-2012
    UCSF National Institute for General Medical Sciences Fellowship
  • 2012
    AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award ($1,800)
  • 2012-2013
    UCSF Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship
  • 2013-2014
    UCSF Graduate Dean's Health Science Fellowship
  • 2013-2014
    Esther Ngan-Ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green Scholarship ($15,000)
  • 2014
    UCSF School of Pharmacy, Dean’s Recognition for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2014
    UCSF Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Educational,
  • Research & Leadership Development in Gerontological Nursing Award ($1,000)
  • 2014-2015
    University of California Dissertation-Year Fellowship
  • 2014-2015
    Olesen Dissertation Scholarship ($2,000)
  • 2015
    Barbara Rosenblum Dissertation Scholarship ($2,500)
  • 2015-2016
    UCSF School of Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship ($6,000)
  • 2016
    UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Finalist
  • 2018
    International Institute for Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Dissertation Award
  • 2021
    UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Scholar
  • 2021
    Greenwall Faculty Scholar, Greenwall Foundation
  • 2021
    UCSF Society of Hellman Fellows Award
  • 2021
    Changemaker in Family Planning Award, Society of Family Planning
  • 2022
    UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center Emerging Health Equity Scholar Award

Selected Publications

  • “Mammograms are kind of my pacifier”: The cultural context of women’s preference for annual mammograms in a risk-based screening cohort. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health. 2024; 100476. Katherine Leggat-Barr, Galen Joseph, Leslie Riddle, Mikaella Caruncho, Barbara Koenig, Jennifer E. James
  • The role of polygenic risk scores in breast cancer risk perception and decision-making. J Community Genet. 2023 Oct; 14(5):489-501. Riddle L, Joseph G, Caruncho M, Koenig BA, James JE. PMID: 37311883; PMCID: PMC10576692.
  • Diagnosis and the practices of patienthood: How diagnostic journeys shape illness experiences. Sociol Health Illn. 2024 Mar; 46(S1):225-241. Jeske M, James J, Joyce K. PMID: 36707922.
  • "It's personalized, but it's still bucket based": The promise of personalized medicine vs. the reality of genomic risk stratification in a breast cancer screening trial. New Genet Soc. 2022; 41(3):228-253. James JE, Joseph G. PMID: 36936188; PMCID: PMC10021681.
  • The limits of personalization in precision medicine: Polygenic risk scores and racial categorization in a precision breast cancer screening trial. PLoS One. 2021; 16(10):e0258571. James JE, Riddle L, Koenig BA, Joseph G. PMID: 34714858; PMCID: PMC8555816.

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