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Julia H. Rowland, PhD
Director
Dr. Rowland received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University and completed a two-year NIH-funded post-doctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in psychosocial oncology. While at MSKCC, where she held joint appointments in pediatrics and neurology, Dr. Rowland helped to develop and was the first Director of the Post-Treatment Resource Program, an innovative resource that continues to provide a full range of non-medical services to patients and their families after the end of treatment. In 1990 Dr. Rowland became founding Director of the Psycho-Oncology Program at Georgetown University, where she held appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and at the Lombardi Cancer Center. Since joining the NCI in 1999, she has sought to champion the visibility of and investment in cancer survivorship research both within the Institute and across other federal and non-governmental agencies, and to raise public awareness about the health and quality-of-life needs of the growing population of cancer survivors and their families.
Across her career as a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of psychosocial aspects of cancer, Dr. Rowland has worked with and conducted competitively funded research among both pediatric and adult cancer survivors and their families, and published broadly in psycho-oncology. She co-edited the ground-breaking text Handbook of Psychooncology (Oxford University Press, 1989), as well as the more recent Handbook of Cancer Control and Behavioral Science (American Psychological Association Press, 2008). Her particular areas of research interest are in developmental stage and adaptation to illness, sexual function post-treatment, the interface between cancer and aging, cancer caregiving and its impact on the health and well-being of providers and recipients of this care, health promotion and adherence to medical recommendations after cancer, and the development and application of metrics to evaluate the impact of cancer survivorship research on the quality of care and outcomes for the growing population of those living long-term with a cancer history.
Catherine M. Alfano, PhD
Program Director
Dr. Alfano earned her MS and PhD in clinical psychology with an emphasis in behavioral medicine from the University of Memphis. She completed her residency in clinical rehabilitation psychology at the University of Washington Medical Center. Following her residency, she completed a clinical fellowship in psycho-oncology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, as well as an NCI-funded post-doctoral research fellowship in Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington.
Dr. Alfano's research interests focus on interdisciplinary cancer rehabilitation and survivorship. Specifically, her research aims to promote healthy behavior change in survivors, including physical activity, dietary intake, stress management, and smoking cessation; develop and test interventions that prevent or ameliorate the long-term and late effects of cancer and treatment; and determine the biobehavioral interrelationships between cancer-related symptoms, healthy behaviors, energy balance, and immune and endocrine functioning that may impact cancer prognosis.
Melba J. Campbell
Program Specialist
Ms. Campbell is the program specialist for the Office of Cancer Survivorship. Her role includes serving as the liaison for the Office to the Division of Extramural Activities Support, where she worked prior to joining the OCS, and the Administrative Resource Center. Ms. Campbell assists the office with grants processing and other grants-related issues; helps to plan and coordinate the biennial cancer survivorship conferences; supports the conduct of research-related meetings among staff and extramural scientists; oversees the OCS archives; and is responsible for managing office space, property, and purchases for the Office of Cancer Survivorship.
Janet de Moor, PhD, MPH
Program Director
Dr. de Moor received an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Promotion and a PhD in Behavioral Science from the University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health. She completed a predoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, with a focus on psycho-oncology, and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard School of Public Health in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health and the Center for Community-Based Research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Prior to joining the National Cancer Institute, Dr. de Moor was an assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Public Health.
Dr. de Moor’s research interests include the socioeconomic and psychosocial impact of a cancer diagnosis. Her recent work has focused on cancer survivors’ work outcomes, with an emphasis on characterizing the long-term patterns of employment in this population, as well as the intrapersonal-, workplace-, and clinical-level factors that influence cancer survivors’ work lives.
Laura Pence Forsythe, PhD, MPH
Cancer Prevention Fellow
Dr. Forsythe is a postdoctoral fellow in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the National Cancer Institute. She joined the Office of Cancer Survivorship in September 2010. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama, with a special emphasis on health psychology. Dr. Forsythe earned her Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Dr. Forsythe’s research interests focus on psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of healthy cancer survivorship. She is particularly interested in the impact of cancer on the long-term psychological and physical health of survivors, including families and caregivers. She is also interested in promoting healthy behavior across the cancer continuum and providing effective psychosocial care to cancer survivors.
Erin Kent, PhD, MS
Cancer Prevention Fellow
Dr. Kent is a postdoctoral fellow in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the National Cancer Institute. She joined the Office of Cancer Survivorship in September 2010, where she is investigating health information needs and the impact of social support on both health-related quality of life and survival in cancer survivors. Dr. Kent earned her BA in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000, her MS in Animal Behavior from San Diego State University in 2005 and then her PhD in Environmental Health, Science & Policy with a Concentration in Public Health and Epidemiology from the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, in 2010.
Dr. Kent’s research interests are on the impact of social support and socioeconomic status on cancer outcomes, with a particular focus on health disparities. She also has interests in community-based participatory research and working with under-represented clinical groups, as well as in environmental justice and the role of environmental exposures in the etiology of childhood cancers. While in graduate school, Dr. Kent worked as a summer pre-doctoral fellow in NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, on a project that compared self-reported home pesticide use with carpet dust concentrations of pesticide compounds.
Lynne S. Padgett, PhD
Program Director
Dr. Padgett received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis after completing her MS and EdS (Education Specialist) in Community Counseling from Georgia State University. She completed pre-doctoral clinical training at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis, with a concentration in medical psychology. Dr. Padgett subsequently completed a fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation psychology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Padgett's background includes research, teaching and clinical practice, most recently at a large integrated care organization. Her interests include cancer survivorship, particularly the cognitive effects of cancer and cancer treatment, and palliative care. She also has interests in dissemination and translation of clinical research findings into community settings.
Tonya M. Parker
Program Analyst
Ms. Parker provides grants management support and portfolio analysis for the Office of Cancer Survivorship. She also serves as the coordinator for the biennial cancer survivorship research conference, a key activity of OCS. Ms. Parker joined NCI in 2007 and has more than a decade of experience in public health. She began her career at NIH with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in the Review Branch.
Before joining OCS, Ms. Parker was a Supervisory, Extramural Support Program Specialist, with the Division of Extramural Activities Support at NIH.
Carly Parry, PhD, MSW
Program Director
Dr. Parry earned an MSW and a joint doctorate in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan, where she also held an NIA pre-doctoral fellowship in aging and social research. Following her training, Dr. Parry served on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Health Care Policy and Research. She also served as the Dissemination Lead for the Care Transitions Program, a national intervention program to support quality transitional care in individuals with chronic and complex health conditions.
Dr. Parry’s research interests focus on three related areas: exploring the intersecting trajectories of cancer care, psychosocial adjustment, and the life course; developing interventions to better meet the needs of cancer survivors at end of treatment and beyond; and developing trans-disciplinary and patient-centered models of care in cancer survivorship more generally. Additional areas of interest include the development and implementation of quality metrics in cancer survivorship care, the intersection of the cancer experience with aging and chronic illness, post-traumatic growth and resilience, quality of life, and qualitative and mixed methodologies.
Office of Cancer Survivorship
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Blvd. Suite 404
Bethesda, MD 20892-7397
Phone Number (301) 402-2964
Fax (301) 594-5070
ncidccpsocsweb-r@mail.nih.gov
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