Islam, Jessica

Dr. Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cancer Epidemiology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, FL. She received her PhD in cancer epidemiology from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in health services research and decision sciences at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Islam’s research foci include: the prevention of cancers caused by infection, and quality of cancer care delivery to people with HIV (PWH) both in the US and globally. She is currently funded by the US NCI to study the mechanisms through which HIV stigma and cancer stigma impact survivorship care among PWH with cancer in the US Southeast. Her career goal is to develop and lead the implementation of multi-level interventions to optimize delivery of cancer preventive services and quality of cancer care to populations with health-related social needs.