Surveillance Research Program Staff
Staff Directory
All Branches and Office of the Associate Director:
Adamo, Peggy – BS, RHIT, ODS-Certified
Team Lead, Quality Improvement Team
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
adamom@mail.nih.gov
- Cancer Data Collection, Classification, Quality, Completeness, Timeliness
- Cancer Registrar Training
Adeyemi, Ola – MD, MS, MBA
Program Manager
Surveillance Informatics Branch
ola.adeyemi@nih.gov
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare
- Technology and Value-Based Health Delivery
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Health Disparities
Akif, Katie – MPH
Public Health Advisor
Office of the Associate Director
- Project Management and Support
- Public Health Research
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Alston, Monique
Program Specialist
Administrative Support
Ansah, Sylkk – B.Sc.
Project Manager
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Project Management
- Program Support
Bonds, Sarah – MS
Science Program Manager
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Health Communications
- Project Management
- Social Media
Chen, Huann-Sheng – PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Statistical Genetics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
Cronin, Kathy – PhD
Deputy Associate Director
Office of the Associate Director
- Developing Population Survival Measures
- Modeling the Impact of Risk Factors, Screening & Treatment on Breast Cancer Incidence & Mortality
Cropp-Puckett, Monique
Program Analyst
Office of the Associate Director
- Budget Administration
- Acquisition Support
- Program Support
Dickie, Lois – ODS-Certified
Public Health Analyst
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Cancer Registry Operations
- QC/QI
- American Indian/Alaskan Native Data Collection
Devasia, Theresa – PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Data Analytics Branch
- Cancer Surveillance
- Survival Analysis
- Statistical Methodology and Applications
Fernandez, Anna T. – PhD, MS
Contractor, Scientific IT Project Manager
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Biomedical Informatics
- Scientific IT management
- Medical imaging, biorepositories, clinical data management
- Data Science and Analytics
Feuer, Rocky – PhD
Chief, SRAB
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Cancer Control Modeling
- Statistical Methods for the Analysis, Interpretation, and Presentation of Population-based Cancer Statistics
- Development of New Cancer Progress Measures
- Survival Analysis
Fitts, Austin - PharmD
Fellow
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Oncology treatments
- Data analytics
- Electronic Health Record Implementation
Forjaz de Lacerda, Gonçalo
Guest Researcher
Data Analytics Branch
- Cancer Registration
- CanReg-5
- Descriptive Epidemiology
Friedman, Steve – MHSA
Senior Advisor for Operations/SEER Program Manager
Office of the Associate Director
- Program Operations
- Clinical Trials and Informatics
- Data Quality
- Contract/Project Management
Goderre, Johanna - MPH
Health Data Scientist
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Data Science
- Public Health Research
- Evaluation
Goff, Camille - BS
Project Manager
Data Quality, Analysis, and Interpretation Branch
- Strategic planning
- Health Communications
- Pilot projects
Hayes, Tiffany – BS, MS
Contractor
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Project Management
Hong, Yoon Duk – PharmD, PhD
Scientific Program Manager
Data Analytics Branch
- Claims Data-based Research
- Health Outcomes Research
- Economics of Cancer Care
Holliday, Kayla
Administrative Officer
Administrative Resource Center
Howlader, Nadia – PhD, MS
Program Director and Cancer Epidemiologist
Data Analytics Branch
- Population-Based Cancer Statistics and Modeling
- Harmonize Data Systems, Create and Validate New Data Elements
- Survival Analysis
- Missing Data Analysis
Hsu, Elizabeth – PhD, MPH
Chief, SIB
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Program Management
- Data Sharing
- Technology
Kashanchi, Mary
Director
DCCPS Administrative Resource Center
Landgren, Annelie – MPH
Project Manager
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Project management
- Process management
- Communications
Lewis, Denise – PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist
Data Analytics Branch
- Cancer Rates and Trends
- Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancers
- Geospatial Analysis
- Determinants of Health Disparities
Liu, Benmei – PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Sample Survey Design & Analysis
- Small Area Estimation
- Imputation for Missing Data
Mariotto, Angela – PhD
Chief, DAB
Data Analytics Branch
- Development, Evaluation & Dissemination of Cancer Progress Measures
- Development and Application of Models to Predict Cancer Incidence and Prevalence
- Models for Survival Projections
Matatova, Marina – MA
Informatics Program Manager
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Health Informatics
- Technical Project Management
- Software and System Development Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach
- Human Computer Interaction
Mills, Rose – BS
Program Analyst
Data Analytics Branch
- Grants Policy & Management
- Program Evaluation
- Contracts & Budget Management
- Interagency Agreements
Mudiyanur, Sheshadri
Contractor/Data Scientist
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Data Strategy and Architecture
- Data Analytics
- Health Outcomes Research
- Digital Pathology Systems
Murphy, Trish – MS
Program Analyst
Office of the Associate Director
- Communications
- Program Support
- Program Operations
- Personnel
Negoita, Serban – MD, DrPH
Chief, DQAIB
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Cancer registry operations
- Cancer data quality assessments
- Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer treatment
Noone, Anne-Michelle – PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Data Analytics Branch
- Development and application of statistical methods to surveillance data
- Population-based cancer statistics and modeling
- Cancer epidemiology
Nosiri, Anastasia
Administrative Support Assistant
Administrative Support
Penberthy, Lynne – MD, MPH
Associate Director
Office of the Associate Director
- Medical Informatics
- Clinical Trials and Informatics
- Cancer Surveillance Automation
- Secondary Data (claims, electronic medical records)
Petkov, Valentina – MD, MPH
Health Sciences Administrator/Program Officer
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Data Assessment (Scientific and clinical relevance; data quality)
- Automation of data collection (Data linkages, Natural Language Processing)
- Population-based cancer statistics
- Precision Medicine
- Clinical Trials
Philip, Marianna – MS
Program Specialist
Administrative Support
- Administrative Support
- Communication Support
Preda, Anca
Health Scientist Administrator
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Data Science and Analytics
- Health Informatics
- Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach
Radu Robotin, PhD
Technical Advisor
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
radu.robotin@nih.gov
- Cloud-Native Solutions
- Serverless Architectures
- Big Data
Ruhl, Jennifer – MS, CCS, RHIT, ODS-Certified
Public Health Analyst
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Cancer Data Collection, Classification
- Quality control
- Staging (EOD and Summary Stage)
- Site-specific data items
- Hematopoietic Neoplasms
- Medical coding classifications (ICD-10-CM, ICD-10)
- Cancer registrar training
Sanchez, Pamela – MPH, ODS-Certified
Program Analyst
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
pamela.sanchez@nih.gov
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Health Disparities
- Metabolic Disorders
Scott, Susan – MPH
Public Health Advisor
Office of the Associate Director
- Scientific Editing
- Communication Planning
- Grants Management
Sellers, Mark – PhD
Health Specialist
Office of the Associate Director
- Science Communication and Outreach
- Data Analysis
- Program Management
Shah, Kinza – PhD
Fellow
Office of the Associate Director
- Health Communications
- Public Health Research
- Health Behavior Promotion
Stout, Natasha – PhD
Senior Decision Modeling Scientist
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Cancer control modeling
- Economic evaluation of cancer screening technologies and interventions
- Health outcomes research
Tatalovich, Zaria – PhD
Geospatial Scientist
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Geographic Information Systems, Science, and Technology
- Geospatial analysis, modeling, and visualization of population-based cancer data
Terranova, Tina – MS
Project Manager
Surveillance Informatics Branch
- Social and Racial Justice
- Improving Health Disparities
- Community health programs in marginalized communities
Thoburn, Kathleen
Senior Communications Specialist, Health Contractor
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
kathleen.thoburn@nih.gov
- Cancer data quality analyses
- Standardized cancer data collection and classification
- Cancer registry operations
Van Dyke, Alison – MD, PhD, FCAP
Physician
Data Quality, Analysis, & Interpretation Branch
- Surgical Pathology
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Developing Biospecimen Processes
- Cancer Biology
Yu, Mandi – PhD
Team Lead, Population and Mortality Data
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Statistical Disclosure Limitation
- Methods for Missing Data
- Statistical Estimation of Health Disparities
- Statistical Matching and Record Linkage Methods
Zhu, Li – PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Statistical Research & Applications Branch
- Spatial Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Hierarchical Modeling
- Geographic Information Systems
- Disease Mapping