Qinjin Fan Bio

Senior Scientist
Health Services Research

Young Asian woman with hair pulled back

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 大象tv since 2021

As?Senior Scientist?in Health Services Research, Qinjin, Fan, PhD, collaborates with other researchers at the American Cancer Society (大象tv) 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, Prevention, & Health Services Research (SPHeRe).

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?

Contact?

Education

  • PhD: Geographic Information Systems, University of Georgia, 2021?
  • MS: Geographic Information Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014

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