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Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology Fellowship Awarded
Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology Fellowship Awarded
Sponsor: Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training
Project Date: March 2020 - March 2022, PI: Zhang, Co-I Jackson Levin
Nina Jackson Levin, Joint Social Work and Anthropology doctoral candidate and Dr. Anao Zhang received the Inaugural Curtis Center Signature Programs (SPI) funding to create a Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology fellowship at Michigan Medicine with a particular focus on health disparity research.
As a Curtis Center Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology Fellow in the AYA CARE Research Group, Jackson Levin will be supervised by Zhang and Zebrack to lead research efforts focusing on AYA cancer survivors' disparity issues across outcome domains.
This Signature Program will create a Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology Fellowship at the emergent AYA CARE Research Group to address the unique developmental issues that result in significantly worse health outcomes among adolescents and young adults (AYAs; aged 15-39) than their pediatric or adult counterparts, both during treatment and throughout survivorship. The detrimental effects of cancer and treatment among this age group on infertility and sexual dysfunction significantly impact their psychosocial wellbeing. The Pre-Doctoral Psycho-Oncology Fellow at AYA CARE will thus address the paucity of research on the health inequities in AYA oncology.
Located at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, the Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training is a team of thought leaders, scientists, community organizers, practitioners, and educators dedicated to cutting-edge research, education/training, and community outreach. We come together to further society’s understanding of social and behavioral health conditions and to improve the lives of marginalized populations.
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