James V. Lacey, Jr.
South Pasadena
Summary
Accomplished Professor at City of Hope with expertise in population-sciences research and team leadership. Spearheaded NIH-funded projects and developed strategic plans for large-scale observational studies. Proven ability to manage extensive data resources while driving digital transformation and change management initiatives in cancer epidemiology.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Professor
City of Hope
10.2009 - Current
- Conducted high-impact hypothesis-driven cancer epidemiology and population-sciences research
- Developed portfolio of NIH-funded research projects
- Created and implemented strategic plan for ongoing and new research in a large-scale observational cohort that began in 1995
Investigator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
09.2001 - 09.2009
Leveraged existing data to conduct hypothesis-driven research into the causes and etiology of women's reproductive cancers
Created, designed, and executed, from conception to completion, new studies to test high-priority hypotheses in cancer etiology.
Collaborate with and mentor other intramural and extramural colleagues on a diverse range of research projects in cancer epidemiology
Cancer Research Training Award (Postdoctoral Fello
US DHHS/NIH/NCI
07.1998 - 09.2001
Learned stuff.
Conducted studies.
Published papers.
Education
Ph.D. - Epidemiologic Science
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI05-1998
Master's in Public Health - Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI05-1995
Bachelor of Science - Psychology As A Natural Science
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI05-1993
Skills
- Population-sciences research
- Management of large-scale population-based data resources
- Team leadership
- Digital transformation
- Change management
Accomplishments
- Principal Investigator (PI) for $30,756,680 in NIH grant awards from 2012 to present.
- Created new paradigm for sharing observational study data by replacing legacy methods with innovative data commons
- Led deployment of novel cloud platform that enables over 300 researchers from across the globe to conduct over 50 collaborative research projects
- Designed & deployed 1st-of-its-kind web-based self-service cohort-selection tool for large-scale population health research (patent pending)
- Directed 1st NCI-funded population biobanking project to exceed its collection goals by using novel Salesforce-based solution
Timeline
Professor
City of Hope
10.2009 - Current
Investigator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
09.2001 - 09.2009
Cancer Research Training Award (Postdoctoral Fello
US DHHS/NIH/NCI
07.1998 - 09.2001
Ph.D. - Epidemiologic Science
University of Michigan
Master's in Public Health - Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science - Psychology As A Natural Science
University of Michigan
Awards
Salesforce Partner Innovation Award
NCI Paul Fearn Data Sharing Award