Robert Wood Johnson Medicine • Spring 2011 • Population Science

JOHN EMERSON
Population science
encompasses many
disciplines. Convened under
the broad umbrella of public health
science, population scientists take an
epidemiological approach to research by
amassing the greatest possible amount of
evidence on a topic and using that data —
meticulously analyzed and verified — to
determine patterns and trends. Applied
to health care, the goals of population
scientists are achieved through the dissemination
of their findings beyond
the research community, to prevent
disease, improve clinical care, and
enhance the quality of life.
Population Science
at The Cancer Institute
of New Jersey:
Diversity of Background,
Unity of Purpose
At UMDNJ-Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School,
the multi-disciplinary Cancer Prevention
and Control Program is based at The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ),
New Jersey’s only Comprehensive
Cancer Center designated by the
National Cancer Institute (NCI) and one
of only 40 such centers nationwide.
Population scientists (left to right): Elliot J.
Coups, PhD, associate professor of medicine;
Shawna V. Hudson, PhD, associate professor
of family medicine and community health and
director of community research, CINJ; Robert S.
DiPaola, MD, professor of medicine and director,
CINJ; Sharon Manne, PhD, professor of medicine
and chief of the section of population studies,
CINJ; Benjamin Crabtree, PhD, professor
of family medicine and community health and
director, division of research, Department of
Family Medicine and Community Health, RWJMS;
Grace Lu-Yao, PhD, MPH, professor of medicine;
and John J. Graff, PhD, associate professor of
radiation oncology and chief, division of cancer
bioinformatics and surveillance.
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