Vivien W. Chen
陈维恩
PhD
Professor Emerita; Former Director, Louisiana Tumor Registry (SEER)荣休教授；前路易斯安那肿瘤登记处（SEER）主任
👥Biography 个人简介
Pioneer in cancer surveillance and population-based disparities research. As director of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SEER), she led groundbreaking studies documenting racial and socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence and survival in the Deep South using population registries.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
Louisiana Tumor Registry and SEER
Directed the Louisiana Tumor Registry for two decades, transforming it into a leading resource for cancer disparities research and establishing surveillance methods now used nationally.
Colorectal Cancer Disparities Surveillance
Produced landmark population-based studies documenting Black-white disparities in colorectal cancer stage, treatment, and survival, influencing screening policy in the South.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Racial disparities in colorectal cancer survival: a matched cohort study
Cancer (2009)
Matched cohort study using SEER-Medicare data identifying systemic treatment and access disparities explaining worse colorectal cancer survival in Black patients.
Cancer incidence and survival disparities in the Deep South: Louisiana SEER data
Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society (2014)
Surveillance report documenting the cancer disparity burden in Louisiana across racial, geographic, and socioeconomic strata.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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