Research and Methods Core

The Research and Methods Core (RMC), led by Dr. Jeanine Genkinger and Dr. Laura Pinheiro, provides key support for the SoCa members at Cornell University, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

By bringing together a cadre of PhD and clinician scientists in biostatistics, epidemiology, social determinants of health, cultural humility, data harmonization, implementation science, and patient-reported outcomes, the RMC facilitates SoCa’s research teams, fosters data synergy and integration of SoCa’s research projects and pilots, supports, and facilitates data connections throughout the Persistent Poverty Initiative Network.

Welcome to the RMC!

Meet the Research & Methods Core Leaders

  • Laura Pinheiro, PhD

    Laura Pinheiro, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in both the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Epidemiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Laura is a cancer health services researcher with interests in patient-reported outcomes and cancer outcomes.

  • Jeanine Genkinger, PhD

    Jeanine Genkinger, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University at Columbia University. Jeanine is a cancer epidemiologist who has been driven to understand how modifiable factors, molecular pathways and related biomarkers may impact cancer risk and progression, particularly for rare but highly fatal cancers.