Research Summary
Dr. DeRouen is a cancer epidemiologist with dual training in cancer biology and epidemiology. Her ongoing research efforts are focused on cancer prevention and control and address cancer disparities due to multi-level determinants, especially social determinants of health. Dr. DeRouen has experience with pooling and harmonizing complex multi-level data, including contextual-level data and data from electronic health records, from disparate sources and designing studies of multi-level data to study cancer disparities.
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Research Funding
February 1, 2020 - November 30, 2024 - Elucidating Lung Cancer Etiology Among Asian American Female Never Smokers , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01MD014859
August 16, 2019 - July 31, 2024 - Understanding the Multilevel Drivers of Liver Cancer Disparities , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA225478
July 5, 2018 - June 30, 2024 - Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Immunity and Stress (RESPOND) , Co-Investigator (UCSF Site) . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U19CA214253
March 1, 2019 - February 28, 2024 - The Role of 27-hydroxycholesterol in Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Multiethnic Study , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA229815
August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2023 - Active surveillance and patient reported outcomes in a diverse population of prostate cancer patients , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA211141
June 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 - Mobile data collection for resource allocation in response to the pandemic induced recession , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: COVID Emergency Rapid Response Pilot / California Breast Cancer Research Program, Sponsor Award ID:
October 1, 2016 - August 31, 2020 - A prospective study of phthalates, BPA, and breast cancer , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: California Breast Cancer Research Program/University of Southern California, Sponsor Award ID: 22UB-2309
May 11, 2016 - April 30, 2020 - Lung cancer in never smokers: incidence, risk factors, and molecular characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanderfemales , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA204070
February 10, 2017 - January 31, 2019 - A cohort study of air pollution, brain cancer, and benign brain tumors in Los Angeles County , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: BLTRAP/University of Southern California, Sponsor Award ID: BTAP010
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh , PA, BS, 05/2002, Biological Sciences, minor in Chemistry
University of Oxford, Oxford , BA, 06/2004, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, PhD, 01/2010, Cancer Biology
University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, MPH, 05/2014, Epidemiology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Postdoctoral Fellow, 10/2010, Cancer Biology