SER Virtual International Affinity Group 2025 Annual Meeting: Enhancing Collaboration and Funding Opportunities in Epidemiology; Bridging the Gap Between Developed and Developing Countries
WEBINAR
August 8, 2025
10:00AM – 11:00AM (MT)
Dr. S. Cristina Oancea is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, USA. Dr. Oancea is also the lead epidemiologist for the North Dakota Statewide Cancer Registry and the senior associate editor for the Global Epidemiology journal. In addition, Dr. Oancea is the chair of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) International Committee. She has received her B.S. degree in Mathematics and Informatics from the University “Lucian Blaga” Sibiu, Romania; two M.S. degrees, in Theoretical Mathematics and in Theoretical Statistics, from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK, USA; her Ph.D. in Cancer Epidemiology within Environmental Health with completed Ph.D. Biostatistics coursework, from University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Dr. Oancea has completed her post-doctoral research work in Cancer Epidemiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, USA.
Her research expertise is in the area of depression among adult cancer survivors and general population in the U.S. and Brazil, where she works collaboratively with the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Brazil. In addition, she is working on identifying potential environmental risk factors for rare cancers, as well as factors associated with cancer screening.
Luciana Bertoldi Nucci holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and post-doctoral research at State University of Campinas (Unicamp). Since 2011, she has been a faculty member and researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas), where she teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students in health sciences. She leads the Research Group on Epidemiology, Nutrition, and Public Policy Evaluation (GrEENAPP), certified by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), focusing on child and adolescent health and aging-related diseases. Her research applies statistical and epidemiological methods to assess public health policies, and she has currently been studying the impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation on chronic diseases in Brazil. With over 50 peer-reviewed publications and an h-index of 21 (Google Scholar), she collaborates with researchers across disciplines and countries, including the University of North Dakota. She also promotes international partnerships and serves on the Society for Epidemiologic Research’s “Membership and Nomination Committee,” advocating for diversity and inclusion in the field.
Dr. Cheruvu received his PhD in biostatistics from Case Western Reserve University and Masters in Statistics from Oklahoma State University. He has over 20 years of experience as a consulting biostatistician working with researchers in the fields of medicine and public health.