Data Scientist
M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Debby is a data scientist at UCSF with a background in epidemiology and graphic design. Her work involves analyzing and visualizing data from the cancer registry, electronic health records, census, and other public data sources. She led the development of several interactive visualization websites including the UCSF Health Atlas, California Health Maps, Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry dashboard and UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center dashboard. She is part of the DREAM Lab at UCSF, which focuses on Disparities Research: Environments And Multi-omics.
Publications
Assessment of rebound in cancer diagnoses in California in 2022, by stage, sociodemographic factors, and rurality.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Survivorship care guidance in a diverse cancer survivor population: Cancer Registry for Understanding and Improving Survivorship Experiences (CRUISE) Study.
Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice
Disparities in cancer stage of diagnosis by rurality in California, 2015-2019.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Patient COUNTS: A pilot navigation program for Asian American cancer patients.
Asian American Journal of Psychology
Interinstitutional Approach to Advancing Geospatial Technologies for US Cancer Centers.
JCO clinical cancer informatics
Correlates of supportive care needs among Asian Americans with colorectal, liver, or lung cancer from a web-based patient navigation portal intervention: The Patient COUNTS study.
Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.)
Patient and physician perspectives on treatments for low-risk prostate cancer: a qualitative study.
BMC cancer
Asian American Women's Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
Disparities in cancer incidence by rurality in California.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Neighborhood-level COVID vaccination and booster disparities: A population-level analysis across California.
SSM - population health
Neighborhood Factors Associated with COVID-19 Cases in California.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Patient-reported supportive care needs among Asian American cancer patients.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Changes in Cancer Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Following the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California.
Frontiers in oncology
From Cancer Epidemiology to Policy and Practice: the Role of a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Current epidemiology reports
Integration of electronic pathology reporting with clinical trial matching for advanced prostate cancer.
Urologic oncology
Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on 1-year survival in glioblastoma patients.
Neuro-oncology advances
Changes in Colorectal Cancer 5-Year Survival Disparities in California, 1997-2014.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Breast Cancer in San Francisco: Disentangling Disparities at the Neighborhood Level.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Review of Tools for Measuring Exposure to Adversity in Children and Adolescents.
Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
Ameliorating the biological impacts of childhood adversity: A review of intervention programs.
Child abuse & neglect
Prevent, Screen, Heal: Collective Action to Fight the Toxic Effects of Early Life Adversity.
Academic pediatrics
Toxic Stress in Children and Adolescents.
Advances in pediatrics
Comorbidities in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation or chronic idiopathic constipation: a review of the literature from the past decade.
Postgraduate medicine
Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey.
BMC public health
Evaluation of adherence and factors affecting adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy among White, Hispanic, and Black men in the MACS Cohort.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)