The Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control offers pre- and postdoctoral training, providing promising scientists with the opportunity for research training in cancer prevention and control in a research-intensive multidisciplinary setting.
Meet the current students
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Shieun Lee, PhD, MPH
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Catherine Mosher, PhD
Shieun Lee received her MPH and PhD at Indiana University Bloomington. Shieun’s research interests include identifying subgroups of cannabis using cancer patients that may warrant different approaches to clinical care and characterizing longitudinal relations between cannabis use and symptom outcomes for patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Christa Torrisi, PhD, RN, MSN, NP-C
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor:Victoria Champion
Christa is a T32 postdoctoral research fellow with research interests in cancer previvorship advocacy; decision-making and outcomes surrounding cancer prevention and risk-reduction; and supporting psychosocial aspects of cancer survivorship and previvorship, particularly in young people living in rural and medically underserved areas. She has worked as a nurse for more than 15 years, earning her PhD in nursing from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2024.
Jeanne Ward, PhD, RN, MSN, MPA
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor:Victoria Champion
Jeanne is from Louisville, and she earned her bachelor’s degree at Washington University and her master degrees and PhD from the University of Louisville. She has experience as an oncology nurse and with rural cancer and suicide prevention efforts. Her research interests focus on the challenges faced by rural communities and the factors associated with the well-being of cancer caregivers and patients. Dr. Ward also has worked in communications and consulting and recently led a statewide rural health promotion campaign in Kentucky.
Predoctoral Fellows
Yejin Seo, PharmD
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Karen Hudmon
Yejin (Jin) Seo is a licensed pharmacist and PhD student in Health Services, Outcomes, and Policy at Purdue University. She earned her doctor of pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her master’s from Purdue University. Jin’s research aim is to improve the health outcomes of cancer patients, particularly those receiving orally administered anticancer medications. She employed a participatory co-design approach to develop patient and family-centered interventions that address unmet medication management needs in cancer care. She is currently working on further developing these interventions with the goal of implementing them in clinical settings.
Stella Snyder, MS
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Catherine Mosher
Stella is a third-year student in the clinical psychology PhD program at IU Indianapolis. She earned her bachelor’s in biology from the University of Saint Francis and her master’s from Purdue University Fort Wayne. She worked for three years in behavioral science at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focuses on financial toxicity due to cancer treatment and the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions for cancer patients and their caregivers. Her research aims to explore mindfulness-based interventions, such as acceptance and commitment therapy, to enhance emotion regulation and adjustment to cancer, ultimately improving quality-of-life outcomes for patients. Key outcomes of interest include the reduction of psychological distress and physical symptoms. Stella’s future research will investigate emotional expression and regulation and the potential benefits of supportive resources like meaning-making, mindfulness, and social support in psychosocial intervention trials.
Questions?
To learn more about the Cancer Prevention and Control program, please send an email, along with your CV, to Nikki Benbow at nholdcro@iu.edu.
