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
Elizabeth Harman, PhD, MT-BC
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Sheri L. Robb, PhD, MT-BC
Elizabeth is a postdoctoral research scholar focused on the development and testing of music-based interventions that mitigate the impact of medical trauma for children experiencing invasive medical treatment and their families. Dr. Harman has extensive clinical experience as a music therapist working in the pediatric hospital setting and earned her master's and PhD at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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 concern rural disparities 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
Betsey Zenk Nuseibeh, MM, MEd, MT-BC
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Sheri L. Robb, PhD, MT-BC
Betsey Nuseibeh is a predoctoral research fellow who received her bachelor of music degree in music therapy from the University of Iowa, master of music degree in oboe performance from the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, and MEd from the University of Cincinnati in special education. Her research is focused on the intersection of cancer survivorship, stress reduction and music therapy by investigating how reduction of stress through active participation in music affects feelings of loneliness for cancer survivors.
Jonas Ndeke, MD, MPH
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Douglas Landsittel, PhD
Jonas graduated from Central Michigan University with a master's in public health. He holds a graduate certificate in secondary teaching and a medical degree from the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He is currently an epidemiology PhD candidate within the School of Public Health at Indiana University Bloomington. As part of the Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control T32 program, he continues to research evidence-based epidemiological approaches to improve cancer prevention and outcomes, particularly among underserved populations and in low-resource settings. His current research focuses on cervical cancer patient survival outcomes in the DRC, among others by characterizing patient treatment trajectories. He enjoys traveling, watching documentary films, and playing soccer in his spare time.
Wilberforce Osei, PharmD
Program: Community Outreach and Engagement Diversity Scholars
Faculty Advisor: Todd Skaar, PhD
Wilberforce Osei obtained a doctor of pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Boston. He is currently a clinical pharmaceutical science PhD student at the School of Pharmacy at Purdue University. His current research focuses on the discovery and implementation of genomic predictors of drug response. In his spare time, he enjoys watching basketball, playing soccer, and traveling.
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.
