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Beth Anne Jones, PhD, MPH

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Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
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Inaugural Director, Cancer Screening & Prevention Program

Contact Info

Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Center for Cancer Prevention Research, 1 Church Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

About

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Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Inaugural Director, Cancer Screening & Prevention Program

Biography

Dr. Jones is a Yale-trained cancer epidemiologist whose work and teaching focus is on health disparities. Her research is primarily focused on racial/ethnic differences in cancer screening, prevention, and cancer outcomes. A recently completed study tested 4 evidence-based interventions to address overdue colorectal cancer screening in a large urban primary care clinic. Ongoing projects include working with Implementation Science research teams to address system and patient level factors that compromise the full benefit of cervical cancer screening in minority populations and in developing mitigation strategies to protect respiratory health in large clinical workplace. Other projects focus on the impact of COVID-19 on adults and GEN-Z populations in at-risk communities with implications for cancer prevention and screening behaviors.

In leadership roles in Community Outreach Education efforts for the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and as inaugural Director of Smilow Cancer Hospital's Cancer Screening & Prevention Program, Dr. Jones has led a number of programmatic efforts to engage underserved communities in cancer prevention and screening activities throughout a large catchment area. Using best community practices, adapted due to recent pandemic, we created a platform for reaching nearly 100,000 community members per year with vetted, evidence-based health prevention and screening messages in Spanish and English languages, launched a community facing navigation program that screened and addressed social determinants of health (SDOH) barriers, and are now adapting some of these strategies to engage traditionally under-served populations on the important role of cancer related genetic testing in a large health system.

These translational efforts are a natural outgrowth of her population-based studies of mammography screening and other health behaviors, breast density, and colorectal cancer screening in Hispanic/Latinas and African American/Black women living in the Northeast, US. Using a multidisciplinary approach, she has also evaluated the role(s) of obesity, tumor characteristics, selected genetic alterations and genetic polymorphisms, as well as social class, medical care, and psychosocial factors, in explaining differences cancer stage at diagnosis and survival between African Americans and Whites in breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.

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Education & Training

PhD
Yale University, Epidemiology (1993)
MPH
Yale School of Public Health, Epi / Health Services

Research

Overview

Cancer Disparities

  • Mammography Screening in African American and White women
  • Cancer Screening Behavior in Hispanic/Latinas Living in the Northeast United States
  • Racial / ethnic differences in tumor characteristics
  • Race Differences and Breast Density
  • Yale Cancer Disparities Firewall: Community Engagement, Health Education, and Health Navigation to Promote Cancer Prevention and Screening in At-Risk Populations
  • Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vulnerable Populations in the FQHC setting
  • Community Engagement to Promote Cancer Screening, Cancer Prevention and Minority Participation in Clinical Trials
  • CURE Award: Cancer Research Opportunities for Youth at Yale
  • Covid-19 and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Impact on Vulnerable Populations
  • Covid-19 and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Impact on Gen Z Population

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Breast Neoplasms; Epidemiologic Factors; Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities; Minority Health; Neoplasms; Primary Prevention; Secondary Prevention; Social Class; Social Determinants of Health; Socioeconomic Factors

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Beth Anne Jones's published research.

Publications

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2019

2006

2005

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    CT Multicultural Health Partnership, State of CT Dept of Public Health

  • activity

    President's Council on Cancer

  • honor

    Invited Testimony, The President’s Cancer Panel, America’s Demographic and Cultural Transformation: Implications for Cancer. Los Angeles, CA, Oct, 2009

  • activity

    Office of the Elimination of Cancer Disparities, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • activity

    Health Disparities Committee, CT Cancer Partnership

Get In Touch

Contacts

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Mailing Address

Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Center for Cancer Prevention Research, 1 Church Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

Administrative Support

Locations

  • Center for Cancer Prevention Research

    Academic Office

    1 Church Street, Fl 2nd

    New Haven, CT 06510

    Business Office

    203.737.5125