Head & Neck Cancer Body Image Research Team

The Head and Neck Cancer Body Image Research Team is a multidisciplinary scientific collaboration featuring clinicians, psychologists, behavioral scientists, and healthcare delivery researchers with expertise in head and neck cancer, telemedicine, dissemination and implementation research, mHealth, and clinical trials. Because patient-centered care is critical to our research program, our team includes patient advocates and supports patient and stakeholder engagement to extend the scientific and clinical impact of our research.

Principal Investigator: 

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Evan Graboyes, M.D., MPH, FACS
Member, Cancer Control Program, Hollings Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery,
Medical University of South Carolina

graboyes@musc.edu

 

 

 

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Co-Investigators:

Wendy Balliet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Medical University of South Carolina

ballietw@musc.edu

 

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Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences,
Medical University of South Carolina

hille@musc.edu

 

 

 

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Stacey Maurer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Medical University of South Carolina

maurers@musc.edu

 

 

 

 

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Kenneth Ruggiero, Ph.D.
Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Smart State Technology Application
Center for Healthful Lifestyles (TACHL), Medical University of South Carolina
Director, Telehealth Resilience and Recovery Program,
Medical University of South Carolina

ruggierk@musc.edu


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Katherine Sterba, Ph.D., MPH
Co-Director, Dissemination & Implementation Science Collaborative,
MUSC Clinical & Translational Research Institute Member, Cancer Control Program,
Hollings Cancer Center

Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences,
Medical University of South Carolina
sterba@musc.edu

 

External Collaborators:

 

Amy Williams, Ph.D., LP, HSP

Director of Behavior Health, Office of Physician Well-being and Professionalism,
Corewell Health

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Henry Ford Health

Steven Chang, M.D.
Director, Head and Neck Cancer Program,
Henry Ford Cancer Institute

 

 

 

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Olga Slavin-Spenny, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psych-Oncology,
Henry Ford Cancer Institute

 

 

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Washington University in St. Louis/Siteman Cancer Center 

Patrik Pipkorn, M.D., MSCR
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis / Siteman Cancer Center

 

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Jessica Vanderlan, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry,
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis / Siteman Cancer Center