In a study funded by a Stetson University faculty development grant, Asal Mohamadi Johnson, Ph.D, MPH, assistant professor of integrative health science at Stetson, was the lead author of research selected for publication in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
“Since joining Stetson two years ago, the university has done a good job in supporting my research and scholarship,” said Johnson. “I would like to thank Stetson University for providing opportunities to engage in scholarship.”
Johnson’s research finds that black residents of highly segregated neighborhoods were less likely to receive surgery for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than their peers in less-segregated neighborhoods.
“Instead of solely looking at health disparities between white and black patients,” Johnson said, “our study focused on differences in survival among black patients resulting from different levels of neighborhood segregation. It has been established that black patients have higher cancer mortality rates and are less likely to receive appropriate treatment than whites.” More