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Qinjin Fan Bio
Senior Scientist
Health Services Research
What Keeps Me Going
I am passionate about the prospect of my research contributing to the reduction of cancer disparities and increase in health equity for people with cancer."
At ACS since 2021
As?Senior Scientist?in Health Services Research, Qinjin, Fan, PhD, collaborates with other researchers at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Cancer Society (ACS) to both measure spatial?variations?in access to cancer?care?and?explore?the spatial-temporal patterns of cancer outcomes. She?investigates?their associations?with potential risk factors,?as well as?with?social determinants of health and health policies.?Health Services Research is part of the?Surveillance & Health Equity Research Department.
Her research aims to?inform?the?efforts to?eliminate?systematic barriers that?contribute?to inequity?across the?cancer care continuum.
Research focus and accomplishments
Fan¡¯s research?focuses on?the national patterns of:
- Cancer?care?accessibility?and?how it affects cancer outcomes
- Health?disparities?
- Housing insecurity among patients with cancer
She uses?geospatial?techniques?in?cancer?health services research, investigating geographic variations in?cancer?prevention, diagnosis, treatment,?and survival. Her research also quantifies and evaluates the impact of?factors?that contribute to cancer disparities, including socioeconomic status,?race/ethnicity, and health insurance.
Publications
For a full list of Dr. Fan's publications, visit her?
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Education
- PhD: Geographic Information Systems, University of Georgia, 2021?
- MS: Geographic Information Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014