Gender	Female
E-mail	lina.jandorf@mssm.edu

Lina Jandorf is the Director of Cancer Community Outreach in the Department of Oncological Sciences. Working with community agencies and health organizations, Ms. Jandorf is responsible for bringing cancer education and screening programs to medically underserved communities and recruiting minority residents into our research efforts. One early outcome of this work was the funding, by the National Cancer Institute, of a five year grant to develop the East Harlem Partnership for Cancer Awareness, a coalition of hospitals, community health centers, and community agencies with the common goal of increasing cancer awareness and thereby preventive care in East Harlem. In addition, Ms. Jandorf has been funded to establish the Witness Project of Harlem, a faith-based breast and cervical education program targeting African American women and Esperanza y Vida, a faith-based breast and cervical education program for Latino families.

Recently, with others in the Department and with Steven Itzkowitz, M.D.  (Division of Gastroenterology) she has developed a patient navigation program to increase adherence to physician recommended screening colonoscopies.  This National Cancer Institute funded projects tests different forms of navigation guidance through the medical system inkling peer navigators (community volunteers) who themselves have completed a colonoscopy.

Ms. Jandorf has also taken the lead in the Department of Oncological Sciences effort to establish Cancer Family Registries. These databases, specific to cancer site, include both index patients and family members. They allow us to establish the relative risk of various cancers and related disorders. In addition, the registries include information about medical practices, family history, nutrition, recreational activities, and exercise. Select registries will also include measurements of the quality of life of patients and family members and attitudes towards genetic counseling and testing, along with other psychosocial components, as they relate to disease type. We have also been funded to establish tissue and blood banks for diagnosed cancer patients.

Ms. Jandorf also directs a number of clinical initiatives, funded through the Division of Gastroenterology (Steven Itzkowitz, M.D.), exploring new, less invasive ways to screen for colorectal cancer. These include stool-based methodologies for both average risk individuals and those at higher risk due related to Irritable Bowel Disorders (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease).

Cancer Education and Prevention

Lina Jandorf is the Director of Cancer Community Outreach in the Department of Oncological Sciences. Working with community agencies and health organizations, Ms. Jandorf is responsible for bringing cancer education and screening programs to medically underserved communities and recruiting minority residents into our research efforts. One early outcome of this work as been the funding, by the National Cancer Institute, of a five year grant to develop the East Harlem Partnership for Cancer Awareness, a coalition of hospitals, community health centers, and community agencies with the common goal of increasing cancer awareness and thereby preventive care in East Harlem. In addition, Ms. Jandorf has been funded to establish the Witness Project of Harlem, a faith-based breast and cervical education program targeting African American women and Esperanza y Vida, a faith-based breast and cervical education program for Latino families.

Ms. Jandorf has also taken the lead in the Department of Oncologicial Sciences effort to establish Cancer Family Registries. These databases, specific to cancer site, include both index patients and family members. They allow us to establish the relative risk of various cancers and related disorders. In addition, the registries include information about medical practices, family history, nutrition, recreational activities, and exercise. Select registries will also include measurements of the quality of life of patients and family members and attitudes towards genetic counseling and testing, along with other psychosocial components, as they relate to disease type. We have also been funded to establish tissue and blood banks for diagnosed cancer patients.

Ms. Jandorf also directs a number of clinical initiatives, funded through the Division of Gastroenterology (Steven Itzkowitz, M.D.), exploring new, less invasive ways to screen for colorectal cancer. These include stool-based methodologies for both average risk individuals and those at higher risk due related to Irritable Bowel Disorders (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease).

Jandorf L, Chang MS, Smith K, Florio A, Hall SJ. Community Based Free Prostate Cancer Screening Program. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2007; 1(3): 215-220.

Christie J, Itzkowitz S, Lihau-Nkanza I, Castillo A, Redd W, Jandorf LA. A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Patient Navigation to Increase Colonoscopy Screening among Low-Income Minorities. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 100(3): 1-7.

Rini C, Jandorf L, Valdimarsdottir H, Brown K, Itzkowitz SH. Distress among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients at High Risk for Colorectal Cancer: a preliminary investigation of the effects of family history of cancer, disease duration, and perceived social support. Psycho-Oncology 2007 July 2; Epub in advance of print.

Chen L, Santos S, Jandorf L, Christie J, Castillo A, Winkel G, Itzkowitz S. Program to Enhance Completion of Screening Colonoscopy Completion Among Urban Minorities. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2008; 6(4): 443-450.

Ross AR, Jandorf L, Weiss A, Itzkowitz SH, Michener J, DuHamel KN. The Concordance of Self-Reports and Medical Records Regarding Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Women and Minorities. American Journal of Public Health;.

Edwards TA, Thompson HS, Kwate NA, Brown K, McGovern MM, Forman A, Kapil-Pair N, Jandorf L, Bovbjerg DH, Valdimarsdottir HB. Association between temporal orientation and attitudes about BRCA1/2 testing among women of African descent with family histories of breast cancer. Patient Education and Counseling;.

Jandorf L, Bursac Z, Pulley L, Trevino M, Castillo A, Erwin DO. Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening among Latinas Attending Culturally Specific Educational Programs. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action 2008; 2(3): 195-204.

Fatone AM, Jandorf L. Predictors of Cervical Cancer Screening among Urban African Americans and Latinas. American Journal of Health Behavior;.

Sussner KM, Thompson HS, Valdimarsdottir HB, Redd WH, Jandorf L. Acculturation and familiarity, attitudes and beliefs about genetic testing for cancer risk within Latinas in East Harlem, New York City. Journal of Urban Health;.

Itzkowitz SH, Brand R, Jandorf L, Durkee K, Millholland J, Rabeneck L, Schroy PC Iii, Sontag S, Johnson D, Markowitz S, Paszat L, Barry BM. A Simplified, Non-Invasive Stool DNA Test for Colorectal Cancer Detection. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2008; 103: 1-9.