Melissa Simon Explained

Melissa A. Simon
Workplaces:Feinberg School of Medicine
Yale University
Northwestern University
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
Rush Medical College

Melissa Andrea Simon is an American clinical obstetrician/gynecologist and scientist who focuses on health equity across the lifespan.[1] [2] Simon is founder and director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois,[3] and founder of the Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative, a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer partnership led by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.[4] [1] She is the George H. Gardner, MD Professor of Clinical Gynecology,[5] the Vice-Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, tenured professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.[6] [1]

Education

Simon earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1994, a master's in public health from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996, and a medical degree at Rush Medical College in 2000. She completed a residency at Yale University New Haven Hospital, followed by a fellowship in family planning and reproductive health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2006.[1]

Career

Simons studies inclusion and health equity. She works to create transdisciplinary partnerships that focus on improving the health of vulnerable populations, and transform their interactions with the health care system.

Research

Simon has led several large community-based intervention trials utilizing community engaged research approaches to extend and adapt the patient navigation intervention model developed by the Patient Navigation Research Program[7] to diverse under-served populations. [8] Simon leads the NCI U54 Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative.[9] She developed and led the first National Cancer Institute developmental Specialized Program of Research Excellence funded in gynecologic cancer disparities which focuses on translational research on cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancer disparities.[10] She has also collaborated with researchers in Nigeria on a study of cervical cancer and epigenomics in women with HIV.[11]

Simon has led grants funded by the National Library of Medicine partnered with Chicago Public Libraries that seek to improve diversity in clinical trials through the creation of Health for All and Navigating Wellness platforms,[12] [13] and led the ECOG-ACRIN SUPPORT: Multilevel Intervention to Improve Diverse Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials study.[14] She has worked on minority aging research and in the support of research education and training with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR), the Rutgers-NYU Asian Center for Health Promotion and Equity.[15]

Academic service

Simon is a nationally recognized mentor for students and faculty.[16] She is the Research Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Women’s Reproductive Health Research K12 Program.[17] Simon is also the Principal Investigator of the NIMHD T37 Minority Research Training in Health Disparities Program.[18] Simon leads the Center for Health Equity Transformation’s Health Equity Scholars and Chicago CHEC Research Fellows programs, and the Northwestern University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology's Uterine Leiomyoma Research Center Lab Immersion Program.[19]

Government service

Simon serves on the Community Preventive Services Task Force,[20] and served on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) from 2017-2022. Since 2023, Simon has continued supporting the USPSTF as an advisor. Simon also serves on the NIH's Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health.[21] She serves as a member of the National Academy of Medicine's Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity, as well as its Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice and the NAM Leadership Consortium’s Care, Culture and Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative.[1] [22] [23] [24] She has chaired an NIH Standing Study Section – Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (DIRH, now called Science of Implementation in Health and Healthcare) and special emphasis panels.[25]

Other service

Simon serves on the board of the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force, and helped to write and implement the Illinois Breast Cancer Quality Screening and Treatment Act.[26] She also serves on the board of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group.[27] Simon was invited to the JAMA editorial board in 2023.[28] She chairs the Health Equity Committee for the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) cancer cooperative trials group, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN). [29]

Selected honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. Biography. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. July 2019. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Biography/melissa-a-simon
  2. Health Equity Champion. NorthwesternMedicine Magazine. February 2019. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://magazine.nm.org/2019/02/11/simon-health-equity-champion/
  3. New Center for Health Equity Transformation Established. NorthwesternMedicine Campus News. September 2018. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2018/09/new-center-for-health-equity-transformation-established/
  4. $17.4 Million Grant to Tackle Cancer in Chicago’s Lower-Income, Minority Neighborhoods. Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University News. 2015. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/news/2015/NCI-Underserved.html
  5. The Investiture of Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, as the Gardner Professor. NorthwesternMedicine News Blog. January 2015. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://www.nm.org/about-us/northwestern-medicine-newsroom/nm-news-blog/the-investiture-of-melissa-simon-md-mph-as-the-gardner-professor
  6. Web site: Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement – Melissa Simon, MD, MPH . Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Care Center . February 2, 2024.
  7. Freund KM . Battaglia TA . Calhoun E . Dudley DJ . Fiscella K . Paskett E . Raich PC . Roetzheim RG . Patient Navigation Research Program Group. National Cancer Institute Patient Navigation Research Program: methods, protocol, and measures . Cancer . December 15, 2008 . 113 . 12 . 3391–9 . 10.1002/cncr.23960 . 18951521. 2698219 .
  8. Web site: CHET Research Projects . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  9. Web site: Chicago CHEC Institutions . January 5, 2024 . ChicagoCHEC . en.
  10. Web site: Northwestern University Cancer Health Equity Research SPORE (NU-CHERS) . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  11. Musa . Jonah . Achenbach . Chad J. . Evans . Charlesnika T. . Jordan . Neil . Daru . Patrick H. . Hou . Lifang . Murphy . Robert L. . Adewole . Isaac F. . Simon . Melissa A. . November 22, 2018 . Association between patient-reported HIV status and provider recommendation for screening in an opportunistic cervical Cancer screening setting in Jos, Nigeria . BMC Health Services Research . 18 . 1 . 885 . 10.1186/s12913-018-3700-y . free . 1472-6963 . 6251217 . 30466437.
  12. Web site: Health for All — Real Talk: Clinical Trials . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  13. Web site: Navigating Wellness Project: Advancing Library-Academic Medical Center Partnerships to Navigate Wellness and Scale Preventive Services Access . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  14. Web site: The ECOG-ACRIN SUPPORT Trial: Multilevel Intervention to Improve Diverse Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials . Northwestern Scholars . February 2, 2024.
  15. Web site: Asian Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  16. Simon Honored with Presidential Award for Mentorship. News Center. Northwestern Medicine. July 2018. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2018/07/simon-honored-with-presidential-award-for-mentorship/
  17. Web site: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Research Career Development . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  18. Web site: Training the Next Generation . January 5, 2024 . www.feinberg.northwestern.edu . en.
  19. Web site: CHET Education Programs . February 2, 2024.
  20. Web site: CPSTF Announces Chair and Welcomes New Members . The Community Guide . December 29, 2022 . February 2, 2024.
  21. Web site: Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health Committee Members . Advisory Committee Members . February 2, 2024.
  22. Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Health and Medicine Division. Accessed on July 25, 2019. http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/SelectPops/HealthDisparities.aspx
  23. Web site: About the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice . January 5, 2024 . www.nationalacademies.org.
  24. Web site: Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity . January 5, 2024 . www.nationalacademies.org.
  25. Web site: About Dr. Melissa Simon . Simon Lab . February 2, 2024.
  26. Board Members. Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force. Accessed on July 25, 2019. http://www.chicagobreastcancer.org/site/epage/93312_904.htm
  27. Board of Directors. Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. Accessed on July 25, 2019. http://www.hmprg.org/about-us/board-of-directors/
  28. Journal of the American Medical Association . Editorial Staff . JAMA. April 25, 2023 . 329 . 16 . 1331–1332 . 10.1001/jama.2022.15880 . free .
  29. Web site: Health Equity Committee . January 5, 2024 . ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group . en-US.
  30. Community Health Heroes. National Academy of Medicine. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://nam.edu/community-health-heroes/
  31. Web site: PAESMEM » Awardee Profile . January 5, 2024 . paesmem.nsf.gov.
  32. American Public Health Association announces 2018 award recipients. American Public Health Association. October 2018. Accessed on July 25, 2019. https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/news-releases/apha-news-releases/2018/2018-awards-recipients
  33. https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/news/simon-presidential.html
  34. Melissa Simon Selected to Participate in Prestigious 2019 Presidential Leadership Scholar Program. Institute for Public Health and Medicine News. Northwestern Medicine. Accessed on July 25, 2019.
  35. Web site: March 18, 2020 . Honoring the 2020 Mentors of the Year . January 5, 2024 . Northwestern Medicine News Center . en-US.
  36. Web site: Rohman . Melissa . October 18, 2021 . Three Feinberg Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine . October 18, 2021 . Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine News Center.
  37. Web site: February 9, 2023 . BRIMR Rankings of NIH Funding in 2022 BRIMR . January 5, 2024 . brimr.org . en-US.
  38. Web site: Doss . Will . April 11, 2022 . Feinberg Faculty Elected to Prestigious Societies . Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine News Center.

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