Population Sciences Faculty

Pediatric hematologist-oncologist Saro Armenian, D.O., M.P.H., is the Barron Hilton Chair in Pediatrics, with expertise in pediatric cancer, epidemiology and cancer survivorship.

Kimlin Tam Ashing, Ph.D., is a professor and directs the Center of Community Alliance for Research & Education at City of Hope. She is a notable leader in examining cancer disparities and quality of life. Her life's work is to increase the voice and representation of underrepresented groups in
Among the most accomplished researchers working in cancer epidemiology today, Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., was instrumental in identifying physical activity as a means to reduce the risk of breast cancer. She received the highly prestigious Medal of Honor in Cancer Control from the American Cancer

Kathleen Blazer is the Associate Director of the Cancer Genomics Education Program at City of Hope.

Yuan Chun Ding, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the Department of Population Science.
Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N., CHPN, FAAN, FPCN, director, Division of Nursing Research and Education, focuses her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life and palliative care.

Stacy W. Gray, M.D., is deputy director of the Center for Precision Medicine and professor and chief of the Division of Clinical Cancer Genomics within the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, and a secondary appointment in the Department of Population Sciences.

Mark LaBarge is a Professor in the Department of Population Sciences with a focus on breast cancer research.

Huiyan Ma, Ph.D., studies the epidemiology of women’s cancers.
Susan L. Neuhausen, Ph.D., is The Morris & Horowitz Families Professor in Cancer Etiology & Outcomes Research at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope. She conducts research focused on identifying genes that predispose to disease.

Sunita Patel, Ph.D is an associate professor in the departments of Supportive Care Medicine and Population Sciences.

Anne Reb is assistant professor in the department of population sciences at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope.

City of Hope's Victoria Seewaldt, M.D., is the Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Sciences and chair and professor of the Department of Population Sciences, with a clinical specialty in breast cancer.

Christopher Sistrunk, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Sciences at City of Hope

Canlan Sun, Ph.D., is an associate research professor in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at City of Hope.

Virginia Sun, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N., professor in the Division of Nursing Research and Education, focuses her research on developing and testing interventions to improve patient and family-centered care and surgical outcomes.

Lindsey S. Treviño, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Division of Health Equities and Department of Population Sciences.

F. Lennie Wong, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Population Sciences and Computational and Quantitative Medicine and a scientist in the Division of Outcomes Research.