Scarlett Gomez, PhD, MPH
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

510-608-5041

Dr. Scarlett Lin Gomez is an epidemiologist with research interests in the role of structural and social drivers of health in producing inequities and disparities in cancer and other health outcomes. She is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where she is Vice Chair for Faculty Development.

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She is Co-Leader of the Cancer Control Program of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and also Director of the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry, a part of the California Cancer Registry and the NCI Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program. She has contributed surveillance data regarding cancer incidence and outcome patterns and trends for distinct Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander and Hispanic ethnic groups, as well as cancer patterns by nativity status and neighborhood characteristics. She developed the California Neighborhoods Data System, a compilation of small-area level data on social and built environment characteristics, and has conducted research and contributed advancing the recognition of the importance of structural and social drivers of health in cancer research.

Awards

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  • Christopher N. H. Jenkins Achievement Award, UCSF, 2023
  • Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Distinguished Achievement Award, 2022

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2021

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (308)

Top publication keywords:
Breast NeoplasmsResidence CharacteristicsCancer SurvivorsSEER ProgramEmigrants and ImmigrantsRegistriesHealth Status DisparitiesCaliforniaNeoplasmsEmigration and ImmigrationLung NeoplasmsSocial ClassMastectomyRacismIncidence

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