Melinda Stolley, PhD

Professor; Associate Director Prevention & Control, Cancer Center

Locations

Hematology and Oncology

Contact Information

mstolley@mcw.edu

Research Experience

Health Behavior

Leadership Positions

Associate Director of Cancer Prevention and Control

Research Interests

Dr. Stolley is a health psychologist with expertise in obesity and cancer survivorship research. Her research focuses on health behaviors and health behavior change with the goal of improving patient-reported and cancer outcomes. She has nearly 20 years of experience developing and testing lifestyle change interventions among children, adults and cancer survivors. An important aspect of this work is her focus on minority and underserved communities, working closely with community organizations to answer relevant research questions. Most recently, she completed a study examining the effects of a weight loss intervention for African-American breast cancer survivors on behavioral, psychosocial and biological outcomes. She also recently published the results of a study that examined the health behaviors of 450 minority adult childhood cancer survivors as compared to non-cancer affected controls. She currently serves as the Associate Director for Population Health for the Medical College of Wisconsin and is a Professor in the Department of Medicine.

Community Breast Health Education for Immigrants and Refugees: Lessons Learned in Outreach Efforts to Reduce Cancer Disparities.

(Kamaraju S, Olson J, DeNomie M, Visotcky A, Banerjee A, Asan O, Tavares E, Rao A, LaCroix M, Krause K, Neuner J, Stolley M.) J Cancer Educ. 2019 Dec;34(6):1092-1096.
Exploring health behaviors, quality of life, and support needs in African-American prostate cancer survivors: a pilot study to support future interventions.

(Stolley MR, Sheean P, Matthews L, Banerjee A, Visotcky A, Papanek P, Woodley L, Flynn KE.) Support Care Cancer. 2019 Nov 08.
Comparative Effectiveness Trial of an Obesity Prevention Intervention in EFNEP and SNAP-ED: Primary Outcomes.

(Buscemi J, Odoms-Young A, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Blumstein L, Clark MH, Berbaum ML, McCaffrey J, Braunschweig C, Fitzgibbon ML.) Nutrients. 2019 May 05;11(5).
Adherence to American Cancer Society and American Institute of Cancer Research dietary guidelines in overweight African American breast cancer survivors.

(Springfield S, Odoms-Young A, Tussing-Humphreys L, Freels S, Stolley M.) J Cancer Surviv. 2019 Apr;13(2):257-268.
A Step toward Understanding Diet Quality in Urban African-American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Baseline Data from the Moving Forward Study.

(Springfield S, Odoms-Young A, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Freels S, Stolley MR.) Nutr Cancer. 2019;71(1):61-76.
A feasibility study of breast cancer genetic risk assessment in a federally qualified health center.

(Hoskins KF, Tejeda S, Vijayasiri G, Chukwudozie IB, Remo MH, Shah HA, Abraham IE, Balay LE, Maga TK, Searles ER, Korah VJ, Biggers A, Stolley MR, Warnecke RB.) Cancer. 2018 09 15;124(18):3733-3741.
Time spent outdoors, activity levels, and chronic disease among American adults.

(Beyer KMM, Szabo A, Hoormann K, Stolley M.) J Behav Med. 2018 08;41(4):494-503.
Increasing Mammography Uptake Through Academic-Community Partnerships Targeting Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Milwaukee.

(Kamaraju S, DeNomie M, Visotcky A, Banerjee A, Krause K, Tavares E, Rao A, Drew E, Neuner J, Stolley M.) WMJ. 2018 Jun;117(2):55-61.
Repurposing existing medications as cancer therapy: design and feasibility of a randomized pilot investigating propranolol administration in patients receiving hematopoietic cell transplantation.

(Knight JM, Kerswill SA, Hari P, Cole SW, Logan BR, D'Souza A, Shah NN, Horowitz MM, Stolley MR, Sloan EK, Giles KE, Costanzo ES, Hamadani M, Chhabra S, Dhakal B, Rizzo JD.) BMC Cancer. 2018 May 24;18(1):593.
Review of parental activation interventions for parents of children with special health care needs.

(Mirza M, Krischer A, Stolley M, Magaña S, Martin M.) Child Care Health Dev. 2018 05;44(3):401-426.
Associations between fiber intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) among African-American women participating in a randomized weight loss and maintenance trial.

(Buscemi J, Pugach O, Springfield S, Jang J, Tussing-Humphreys L, Schiffer L, Stolley MR, Fitzgibbon ML.) Eat Behav. 2018 04;29:48-53.
Prevalence and Predictors of Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D among Female African-American Breast Cancer Survivors.

(Sheean P, Arroyo C, Woo J, Schiffer L, Stolley M.) J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 04;118(4):568-577.

Melinda Stolley, PhD