Cancer Research
CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) conducts and supports studies, often in collaboration with partners, to develop and apply sound science to reduce the burden of cancer and eliminate health disparities. This research uses many different areas of expertise (behavioral science, economics, epidemiology, health services, medicine, and statistics) to address the public health research needs of DCPC programs, health care providers, people affected by cancer, and the larger comprehensive cancer control community.
September Featured Scientist: Eric Tai, MD, MS
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Eric Tai, MD, MS, is board certified in preventive medicine and is a Lieutenant Commander in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. He joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention from 2006–2008, and is a medical officer in the Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Branch in CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. The National CCC Program funds states, tribes/tribal organizations, and territories to establish coalitions, assess the burden of cancer, determine priorities, and develop and implement CCC programs.
Dr. Tai attended the Georgia Institute of Technology for his undergraduate studies and the Medical College of Georgia for medical school. He completed residencies in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland. His work and research focus on children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer, evaluating quality of cancer care through linkage of cancer registry data to other data sources, and improving cancer patients' knowledge of infection control.
Some of the most recent articles Dr. Tai has first-authored include—
- 2012 Health status of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.
- 2011 Clostridium difficile infection among children with cancer.
- 2010 Differences in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survival between young adults and children.
- 2010 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survival among adolescents.
Dr. Tai is featured in the following podcast—
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