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Ilana F. Gareen is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Brown University, a position she has held since 1999. With over a decade of experience as an epidemiologist, she specializes in the collaborative design and conduct of studies involving diagnostic imaging technologies. Dr. Gareen's research primarily investigates patient outcomes associated with these technologies, focusing on their impact on patient health, healthcare utilization, and quality of life. She has a specific interest in significant incidental findings (SIFs) and their consequences on patient health and medical services usage. Dr. Gareen is a key member of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), where she oversees patient outcome data collection and analysis for various trials, including those related to cancer screening. Her work addresses the downstream consequences of cancer screening, including its effect on medical care utilization and smoking cessation outcomes. Dr. Gareen holds several prestigious grants from the National Cancer Institute and has published extensively in the field of epidemiology, contributing significantly to the understanding of the complexities and biases in cancer screening methodologies.
Department: Department of Economics