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Carol Ochoa is a recipient of the NCI F99/K00 award, a recent graduate of the USC Health Behavior Research Ph.D. program, and will be starting her Postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at UCSD in June. Prior to starting her doctorate training, she served as the Cancer Survivorship workgroup ORISE Fellow within the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) at CDC. She joined DCPC in 2016 after receiving her MPH in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory University and her BA from UCLA in 2013.
Carol is a cancer health disparities researcher trained in behavioral science within public health. She is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Association for Cancer Education, and the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Broadly, her research experience has centered on three areas of focus: 1) cancer survivors, 2) informal caregivers, and 3) cancer screening. Within this work, she uses a mixed-method approach to explore whether there are any racial/ethnic differences, the role of social determinants, and specific cultural factors that may be related to these outcomes.