Debby Oh

Title(s)	Data Scientist, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School	School of Medicine
Address	550 16th Street, #2633 San Francisco CA 94158
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
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Biography

education and training

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	PhD	06/2009	Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK	MSc	09/2002	Public Health Nutrition
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ	AB	06/2000	Molecular Biology

Overview

overview

Debby is a data scientist at UCSF with a background in epidemiology and graphic design. Her work involves analyzing and visualizing data from the cancer registry, electronic health records, census, and other public data sources. She led the development of several interactive visualization websites including the UCSF Health Atlas, California Health Maps, Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry dashboard and UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center dashboard. She is part of the DREAM Lab at UCSF, which focuses on Disparities Research: Environments And Multi-omics.

keywords

data visualization, epidemiology, cancer, social determinants of health, health equity, population health

webpage

	UCSF Health Atlas
	Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry
	California Health Maps
	DREAM Lab
	UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center dashboard

Bibliographic

selected publications

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Disparities in Cancer Stage of Diagnosis by Rurality in California, 2015 to 2019. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Nov 01; 33(11):1523-1531. Oh DL, Wang K, Goldberg D, Schumacher K, Yang J, Lin K, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 39141060; PMCID: PMC11530323.

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Bio Biochemistry Epi Epidemiology Neo Neoplasms
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Interinstitutional Approach to Advancing Geospatial Technologies for US Cancer Centers. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2024 Aug; 8:e2400099. Burus T, Martinez J, DelNero P, Pepper S, Ratnayake I, Oh DL, McNair C, Krebill H, Mudaranthakam DP. PMID: 39079076; PMCID: PMC11296499.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Correlates of supportive care needs among Asian Americans with colorectal, liver, or lung cancer from a web-based patient navigation portal intervention: The Patient COUNTS study. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2024 02; 7(2):e1971. Wang K, Chu JN, Oh DL, Shariff-Marco S, Allen L, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Li FM, Ma C, Truong A, Gomez SL, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY. PMID: 38351528; PMCID: PMC10864727.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Patient and physician perspectives on treatments for low-risk prostate cancer: a qualitative study. BMC Cancer. 2023 Dec 05; 23(1):1191. Guan A, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Chung BI, Shim JK, Allen L, Kuo MC, Lau K, Loya Z, Brooks JD, Cheng I, DeRouen MC, Frosch DL, Golden T, Leppert JT, Lichtensztajn DY, Lu Q, Oh D, Sieh W, Wadhwa M, Cooperberg MR, Carroll PR, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 38053037; PMCID: PMC10696696.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Asian American Women's Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Apr; 26(2):421-425. Wang K, Guan A, Seto J, Oh DL, Lau K, Duffy C, Castillo E, McGuire V, Wadhwa M, Tepper CG, Wakelee HA, DeRouen MC, Shariff-Marco S, Cheng I, Gomez SL. PMID: 37882970; PMCID: PMC10937770.

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Pub Public Health Soc Social Sciences
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Groundwater constituents and the incidence of kidney cancer. Cancer. 2023 10 15; 129(20):3309-3317. Soerensen SJC, Montez-Rath ME, Cheng I, Gomez SL, Oh DL, Jackson C, Li J, Rehkopf D, Chertow GM, Langston ME, Ganesan C, Pao AC, Chung BI, Leppert JT. PMID: 37287332.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Disparities in cancer incidence by rurality in California. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 04 11; 115(4):385-393. Oh DL, Schumacher K, Yang J, Wang K, Lin K, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 36622036; PMCID: PMC10086626.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Neighborhood-level COVID vaccination and booster disparities: A population-level analysis across California. SSM Popul Health. 2023 Jun; 22:101366. Oh DL, Kemper KE, Meltzer D, Canchola AJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lyles CR. PMID: 36873265; PMCID: PMC9982676.

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Factors that influence treatment decisions: A qualitative study of racially and ethnically diverse patients with low- and very-low risk prostate cancer. Cancer Med. 2023 03; 12(5):6307-6317. Guan A, Shim JK, Allen L, Kuo MC, Lau K, Loya Z, Brooks JD, Carroll PR, Cheng I, Chung BI, DeRouen MC, Frosch DL, Golden T, Leppert JT, Lichtensztajn DY, Lu Q, Oh DL, Sieh W, Wadhwa M, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. PMID: 36404625; PMCID: PMC10028041.

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Neo Neoplasms
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Neighborhood Factors Associated with COVID-19 Cases in California. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 12; 10(6):2653-2662. Oh DL, Meltzer D, Wang K, Canchola AJ, DeRouen MC, McDaniels-Davidson C, Gibbons J, Carvajal-Carmona L, Nodora JN, Hill L, Gomez SL, Martinez ME. PMID: 36376642; PMCID: PMC9662780.

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Epi Epidemiology Pub Public Health Soc Social Sciences
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Patient-reported supportive care needs among Asian American cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Nov; 30(11):9163-9170. Wang K, Ma C, Li FM, Truong A, Shariff-Marco S, Chu JN, Oh DL, Allen L, Kuo MC, Wong C, Bui H, Chen J, Gomez SL, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY. PMID: 36040670; PMCID: PMC9424805.

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Neo Neoplasms Pal Palliative Care
Translation:Humans
Changes in Cancer Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Following the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:916167. Martinez ME, Gomez SL, Canchola AJ, Oh DL, Murphy JD, Mehtsun W, Yabroff KR, Banegas MP. PMID: 35912225; PMCID: PMC9327742.

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From Cancer Epidemiology to Policy and Practice: the Role of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2022; 9(1):10-21. Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Venkatesh B, Cheng J, Dixit N, Fox R, Ling P, Nguyen T, Oh D, Palmer NR, Pasick RJ, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, Vijayaraghavan M, Ashworth A. PMID: 35342686; PMCID: PMC8935108.

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Integration of electronic pathology reporting with clinical trial matching for advanced prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2021 08; 39(8):494.e7-494.e14. Borno HT, Duffy C, Zhang S, Canchola AJ, Loya Z, Golden T, Oh DL, Odisho AY, Gomez S. PMID: 33419644.

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Neo Neoplasms Uro Urology
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Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on 1-year survival in glioblastoma patients. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec; 2(1):vdaa080. Moghavem N, Oh DL, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Tate WJ, Gomez SL, Thomas R. PMID: 32743549; PMCID: PMC7388609.

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Changes in Colorectal Cancer 5-Year Survival Disparities in California, 1997-2014. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 06; 29(6):1154-1161. Oh DL, Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Canchola AJ, Ellis L, Tao L, Gomez SL. PMID: 32371552; PMCID: PMC7269803.

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Bio Biochemistry Epi Epidemiology Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Disease burden of adverse childhood experiences across 14 states. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226134. Waehrer GM, Miller TR, Silverio Marques SC, Oh DL, Burke Harris N. PMID: 31990910; PMCID: PMC6986706.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Adult health burden and costs in California during 2013 associated with prior adverse childhood experiences. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0228019. Miller TR, Waehrer GM, Oh DL, Purewal Boparai S, Ohlsson Walker S, Silverio Marques S, Burke Harris N. PMID: 31990957; PMCID: PMC6986705.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Breast Cancer in San Francisco: Disentangling Disparities at the Neighborhood Level. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 12; 28(12):1968-1976. Guan A, Lichtensztajn D, Oh D, Jain J, Tao L, Hiatt RA, Gomez SL, Fejerman L, San Francisco Cancer Initiative Breast Cancer Task Force. PMID: 31548180; PMCID: PMC6891202.

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Bio Biochemistry Epi Epidemiology Neo Neoplasms
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Review of Tools for Measuring Exposure to Adversity in Children and Adolescents. J Pediatr Health Care. 2018 Nov - Dec; 32(6):564-583. Oh DL, Jerman P, Purewal Boparai SK, Koita K, Briner S, Bucci M, Harris NB. PMID: 30369409.

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Hea Health Services Nur Nursing Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Ameliorating the biological impacts of childhood adversity: A review of intervention programs. Child Abuse Negl. 2018 07; 81:82-105. Purewal Boparai SK, Au V, Koita K, Oh DL, Briner S, Burke Harris N, Bucci M. PMID: 29727766.

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Ped Pediatrics
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Systematic review of pediatric health outcomes associated with childhood adversity. BMC Pediatr. 2018 02 23; 18(1):83. Oh DL, Jerman P, Silvério Marques S, Koita K, Purewal Boparai SK, Burke Harris N, Bucci M. PMID: 29475430; PMCID: PMC5824569.

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Ped Pediatrics
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Prevent, Screen, Heal: Collective Action to Fight the Toxic Effects of Early Life Adversity. Acad Pediatr. 2017 Sep - Oct; 17(7S):S14-S15. Burke Harris N, Silvério Marques S, Oh D, Bucci M, Cloutier M. PMID: 28865647.

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Ped Pediatrics
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Toxic Stress in Children and Adolescents. Adv Pediatr. 2016 08; 63(1):403-28. Bucci M, Marques SS, Oh D, Harris NB. PMID: 27426909.

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Ped Pediatrics
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Comorbidities in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation or chronic idiopathic constipation: a review of the literature from the past decade. Postgrad Med. 2013 Mar; 125(2):40-50. Nellesen D, Chawla A, Oh DL, Weissman T, Lavins BJ, Murray CW. PMID: 23816770.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2010 Feb 17; 10:74. Oh DL, Heck JE, Dresler C, Allwright S, Haglund M, Del Mazo SS, Kralikova E, Stucker I, Tamang E, Gritz ER, Hashibe M. PMID: 20163736; PMCID: PMC2833141.

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Pub Public Health
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Evaluation of adherence and factors affecting adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy among White, Hispanic, and Black men in the MACS Cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Oct 01; 52(2):290-3. Oh DL, Sarafian F, Silvestre A, Brown T, Jacobson L, Badri S, Detels R. PMID: 19521251; PMCID: PMC2815178.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd