CLASS OF 2023

CURRENT TOPS FELLOWS
Chao Cao received a Ph.D. in Movement Science-human metabolism from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His research focuses on human metabolism on mechanisms of and treatments (exercise/nutritional) of metabolic dysfunction and cancer. His goal is to develop accessible interventions to reduce the burden of chronic disease and improve physical function and quality of life in patients with comorbidities. He will be working with Dr. Jennifer Ligibel as his mentor..

Richard Newcomb is a hemetology/oncology fellow at DFCI who will work with Dr. Areej El-Jawahri. His goal is to improve the quality of life of those with malignant and benign hematologic diseases. Richard plans to pursue a career in stem cell transplantation.

Kelcie Willis received a doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University. Her research interests center on improving the quality-of-life of both patients and caregivers affected by advanced cancer. She’ll be working with Dr. Jamie Jacobs at MGH..



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Micah Aaron received a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard Medical School in 2022. She works under the mentorship of Mary Beth Landrum at HMS to study variation in quality performance across large provider organizations to elucidate the conditions under which these organizations actually practice evidence-based medicine.
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Stephen Lo received an PhD from clinical psychology from Ohio State University. He’s interested in addressing psychological and behavioral issues in patients with cancer, with a focus on developing and implementing scalable interventions to enhance patient outcomes in cancer. His mentor is Joseph Greer at MGH.
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Tom Roberts received an MD and an MBA from Stanford University and was previously a medical oncology fellow at DFCI. His research centers on the epidemiology of head and neck cancers and approaches to improve the quality of care for patients with these cancers. He also works with Joseph Greer at MGH.
TOPS Alumni - Where are they now?
CLASS OF 2022
CLASS OF 2023
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Clinical Fellow in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Camille Mathey-Andrews
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Postdoctoral Fellow and Member of the Faculty of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Lucy Finkelstein-Fox

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Michael Anne Kyle
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CLASS OF 2022

Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Anny Fenton, PhD

Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Daniel Lage, MD

Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Member of the Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Christopher Manz, MD
CLASS OF 2021
Instructor 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
Clinical Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the 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!
CLASS OF 2015
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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