Current TOPS Fellows
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​Joe Dottino is a gynecologic oncology specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) who received an MD from the Mt Sinai School of Medicine in 2012. His research interests include how and if advancements in gynecologic oncology are put into practice, as well the capture of downstream effects, including access or barriers to access to novel treatments and interventions on a population level. He is also interested in how adoption of new therapeutics or practices affects other aspects of healthcare utilization. He will be pursuing this research under the mentorship of Kate Esselen at BIDMC and Nancy Keating of HMS.
Emily Walsh received a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Miami in June 2025. She is working with Dr. Jamie Jacobs of MGH and will continue there during her fellowship, developing and evaluating how digital health interventions can be sustainably and effectively implemented among patients with cancer in real-world contexts.
Austin R. Waters received a PhD in Health Policy and Management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on prevention, access, and outcomes among cancer survivors and caregivers with an emphasis on LGBTQ+ and adolescent and young adult (AYA) populations. The common threads of his research revolve around health equity, health-related social needs, economic instability, the influence of policy, and technology use. His mentors are Jenny Mack at DFCI and Brittany Charlton at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Bonnie Wong received her MD from Stanford University and a PhD in Medical Anthropology from the University of California Berkeley in 2022. She is currently a surgical resident and clinical fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Her research goal is to improve shared decision-making (SDM) in cancer care. During her fellowship, she will apply a novel framework of surgical SDM to the specific context of pancreatic cancer care, and measure and evaluate elements of SDM during cancer surgery consultations. She will work under the mentorship of Dr. Zara Cooper and Dr. Chandrajit Raut at BWH.
Zeba Ahmad received a Ph.D. in Health Psychology & Clinical Science at the City University of New York. Working with Elyse Park at MGH, she aims to develop a program of research in applying evidence-based intervention strategies to improve mental health among young adults with cancer.
Ashley Odai-Afotey obtained her MD from Yale School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is currently an oncology fellow at DFCI with a clinical interest in breast cancer. Her research centers on cancer disparities with the goal of unearthing and addressing existing disparities that impact the cancer care experience, particularly for historically vulnerable population. Her mentors are Andrea Enzinger and Alexi Wright at DFCI.
Sarah Piombo received her PhD in Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research) and MPH from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Her research focuses on using social network analysis across the cancer continuum to understand how social networks impact health outcomes and can be leveraged in interventions. She will be working with Dr. K. Vish Viswanath at DFCI.
CLASS OF 2025
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Fellow in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan School of Public Health
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Micah Aaron
Stephen Lo
Clinical Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomas Roberts
Associate Director of Quality and Safety, Mass General Cancer Center
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
CLASS OF 2023
Clinical Fellow in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Camille Mathey-Andrews
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Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Lucy Finkelstein-Fox
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Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Michael Anne Kyle
CLASS OF 2022
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Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Anny Fenton, PhD
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
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Daniel Lage, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Christopher Manz, MD
CLASS OF 2021
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Andrew Hantel, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Population Health,
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
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Jennifer Spencer, PhD
Ashley Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School
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TOPS (formerly called “PCORT, Program in Cancer Outcomes Research Training”, PI Dr. Scott Gazelle) has a strong history of success! From 2002-2017, the program supported over 40 fellows in their research training. Our alumni hold leadership and research positions in a number of academic medical centers, cancer centers, policy and other positions around the U.S.
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To find out more about past fellows' research activities, funding, and publications, click to check them out online!
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Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gynecologic Oncologist, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Pari Pandharipande, MD MPH
Chair, Department of Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine
