Faculty
Konrad Stopsack
Position: Faculty member
Education:
2021: Postdoctoral training, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2017: Residency in Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
2014: MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2013: MD, University of Freiburg
Research: My main research interest is how potentially modifiable exposures cause solid tumors through genomic heterogeneity and influence cancer progression. I am passionate about combining state-of-the-art genomics and well-defined observational studies in order to inform primary prevention, risk stratification, and biomarker-guided treatment. My methodologic and teaching interests include the application of epidemiologic methods to biomarker and clinical studies.
Contact: kstopsack@mgh.harvard.edu
Anna Plym
Position: Assistant Professor
Education:
2019-PhD in Cancer Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
2013-MSc in Public Health Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
2007-MSc in Biomedical Sciences, Uppsala University
Research: Genetic and lifestyle markers of aggressive prostate cancer
Contact: anna.plym@ki.se
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Caroline Himbert
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Education: 2017-2022: PhD, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah 2015-2017: Visiting Scholar, Hunstman Cancer Institute, Utah 2012-2015: Medicine, Hamburg University, Germany Research: Energy balance and cancer survivorship, cardiovascular disease prevention in cancer survivors Contact: chimbert@mgb.org
Claire Kim
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Education: 2018-2022: PhD in Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health 2013-2015: MPH in Community & International Health, NYU Global Institute of Public Health 2009-2013: BS in Science Preprofessional, University of Notre Dame Research: Molecular and lifestyle factors in prostate cancer etiology, mortality, and survivorship Contact: clairekim@hsph.harvard.edu
Anqi Wang
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Education: 2018-2023: PhD in Epidemiology, University of Southern California 2016-2018: ScM in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2011-2016: Bachelor in Medicine, Peking University, China Research: Genetic and molecular factors of prostate cancer Contact: anqiwang@hsph.harvard.edu
Doctoral, MD/PhD, and Masters Students
Emily Rencsok
Position: Doctoral student Education: 2019-2023: PhD in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2017-Present: MD, Harvard Medical School 2012-2016: BS in Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University Research: Mechanisms underlying racial disparities of prostate cancer Increasing equity of patient and global center representation in clinical trials Patient experience and interactions with the medical system Contact: emily_rencsok@hms.harvard.edu
Naiyu Chen
Position: Doctoral student Education: 2020-Present: PhD in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2017-2019: MPH Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Southern California 2014-2018: BS Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Southern California Research Interests: Cancer survivorship, built and social environments, causal inference methods Contact: Naiyuchen@g.harvard.edu
Michelle Sodipo
Position: Doctoral student Education: 2021-Present: PhD in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2019-2021: MPH Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health 2013-2017: B.S. Biology and Community Health, Tufts University Research Interests: Cancer health disparities/inequities; Interventions to decrease cancer disparities/inequities Contact: msodipo@g.harvard.edu
Colleen McGrath
Position: Doctoral Student Education: 2022-Present: PhD in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2020-2022: MS in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2014-2018: BA Health and Societies, University of Pennsylvania Research Interests: cancer survivorship, lifestyle factors and quality-of-life in cancer survivors Contact: cmcgrath@g.harvard.edu
Megan Shanahan
Position: Master's Student Education: 2022-Present: MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2021: BS Chemistry, Boston College Research Interests: Lifestyle risk factors and cancer prevention Contact: megan_shanahan@hsph.harvard.edu
Research Team
Bailey Vaselkiv
Position: Research Data Scientist Education: 2020: MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University 2016: BS in Biology and Spanish, Gordon College Research Interests: Early cancer detection and screening Quality of life in cancer survivors Disparities in prostate cancer Contact: jvaselkiv@hsph.harvard.edu
Hannah Guard
Position: Research Assistant III Education: 2023: MS in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2021: BS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Public Health Sciences, UMass Amherst Research Interests: Aging in cancer survivors, quality of life in cancer survivors Contact: hguard@hsph.harvard.edu
Maggie Bristol
Position: Research Assistant II Education: 2020: BA in Psychology and Public Health, Lehigh University Contact: mbristol@hsph.harvard.edu
Sinead Flanagan
Position: Research Associate Education: 2020-2022: Basic Specialist Training in Histopathology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2021: MPH, University College of Cork, Ireland 2018: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Obstetrics, University College Cork, Ireland 2014: BSc in Physiotherapy, University of Limerick, Ireland Research Interests: cancer prevention and early detection tumor biomarkers and patho-epidemiology cancer survivorship Contact: sflanagan@hsph.harvard.edu