Speakers

William H. Redd, PhD, has been engaged in research on psychosocial oncology and cancer prevention and control for more than 40 years and is credited for introducing behavioral psychology and behavioral medicine to research and clinical practice in cancer supportive care. His most recent research on controlling cancer-related fatigue has drawn considerable attention, including multiple interviews in the Wall Street Journal and other high-profile media. Redd has had NIH research support beginning in graduate school and for most of his academic career. He has also had a series of five NIH K05 Research Scientist Awards. It was Redd’s awareness of the growing importance of technology in cancer supportive care that led to the proposed program.

Benjamin W. Brewer, PsyD, is an Associate Professor in the University of Colorado Department of Medicine and is the Director of Clinical Psychology and Counseling for the Division of Hematology. He is a clinical health psychologist with expertise in providing evidence-based psychological intervention and assessment to oncology patients. Brewer has a research and clinical program in the use of telehealth and mobile health applications to provide augmented therapy enhancement for oncology patients and their caregivers and has experience as PI on a technology based educational program for oncologists to improve care in CML. He has previously made significant contributions to 2 NCI R25s as well as multiple other national trainings and serves on the NCCN distress management panel.

Susan L. Moore, PhD, MSPH, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health; the Associate Director of the mHealth Impact Lab in the Colorado School of Public Health; the Director of the Mobile Health and Informatics Core at ACCORDS in the University of Colorado School of Medicine; and the Research Program Director for Innovation in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Her ongoing research addresses consumer health informatics, clinical decision support, and the use of mobile and digital health technology to deliver patient-centered care, promote health behavior change, and improve health care delivery and health outcomes.

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Jennifer Huberty, PhD, RYT, is the Director of Calm Science and the Scientific Advisory Board at Calm. She is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the College of Health Solutions, Exercise and Wellness program and is an Associate Professor, Research Scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Arizona, College of Medicine. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Scottsdale and the Mays Cancer Center/MD Anderson in San Antonio, Texas.

Matthew Loscalzo, LCSW is the Executive Director, People & Enterprise Transformation; Emeritus Professor, Supportive Care Medicine; and Professor of Population Sciences at City of Hope. Loscalzo is a pioneer in automated comprehensive biopsychosocial screening. He was first to market with a fully automated comprehensive biopsychosocial screening, educational and triage platform-agnostic instrument in English, Spanish and traditional Chinese, SupportScreen. Since 1980, his clinical expertise is in the non-pharmacological management of cancer pain. Among many other awards, he received the 2017 lifetime achievement award from the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS).

Frank Penedo, PhD, is currently the Associate Director for cancer survivorship & translational behavioral sciences and the director of the cancer survivorship program for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. His research evaluates the sociocultural mechanisms underlying disease activity and health outcomes, and the efficacy of evidence-based psychosocial interventions in promoting optimal chronic disease management and health outcomes in cancer.

Christine Rini, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. She is also Program Leader of Cancer Control and Survivorship and Director of the Cancer Survivorship Institute at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a social/health psychologist who conducts research to understand factors influencing patients’ behavioral and psychosocial responses to health-related challenges, especially those related to cancer and chronic conditions.

Amy Sheon, PhD, MPH is the President and CEO of Public Health Innovators, LLC., with a career focused on the intersection of health, technology, clinical research and vulnerable populations. With great demand for digital inclusion expertise generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, she left her previous position as Director of the Urban Health Initiative at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in January, 2021 to consult with health care systems across the country. She has been the lead voice regarding digital equity as a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Network of Digital Evidence in Health (NODE.Health), and represents the National Digital Inclusion Alliance to the Digital Medicine Society’s Data Collaborative Community.

Virginia Sun, PhD, MSN, RN, is an Associate Professor, Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences Education at City of Hope. With 17 years of experience as an oncology nurse and four years of experience as an oncology nurse practitioner before becoming a full-time nurse scientist, Dr. Sun’s research program is focused on cancer surgery and cancer survivorship populations, with a specific interest in thoracic, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary malignancies. The goal of her research program is to develop and test interventions to improve patient- and family-centered care and outcomes.

Finly Zachariah, MD, currently serves at the City of Hope as the physician lead for Goal Concordant Care initiatives and MIPS/MACRA. He is also an Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, supporting his colleagues in adopting clinical technologies and refining the Electronic Health Record and associated systems to improve care delivery at the City of Hope. His programmatic and academic focus includes tailoring patient care to individual values and goals, advance care planning, and leveraging technology to enhance the coordination and delivery of patient-centered medical care in serious illness. Since 2015, he has also been an active member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network palliative care guidelines committee and, since 2017, has been an active member of the Epic Palliative Care National Specialty Steering Board.