Kristi
Neufeld,
PhD
Frank B. Tyler Professor of Cancer Research
The University of Kansas
Dr. Neufeld serves as Co-Leader of the Cancer Biology Program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center, facilitating cross-campus interactions to strengthen research initiatives. She co-developed a course, Carcinogenesis and Cancer, to integrate cancer education across campuses via distance learning. She designed and teaches the courses “Molecular Biology of Cancer” for undergraduates and “Cancer Biology” for graduate students at KU. She has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and has served as PI and co-PI for multiple RO1 and P01 grants from NIH/NCI and NSF. Her research is focused on understanding basic colon biology in normal and diseased states.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Basic scientists conducting biomedical research are generally not provided the skills or experiences needed to engage in meaningful patient engagement and effective community collaboration. The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s (KUCC) Community Outreach and Engagement program developed an innovative strengths-based training model, Patient and Investigator Voices Organizing Together (PIVOT) Across the Translational Research Continuum, pairing basic scientists with research-trained cancer survivors/co-survivors to bring the voices and experiences of patients and families into the research…