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.

Facilitators of behavior change and weight loss in an intervention for African American Breast Cancer Survivors.

(Kwarteng JL, Beyer KMM, Banerjee A, Stolley MR.) Cancer Causes Control. 2020 Aug;31(8):737-747 PMID: 32415529 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085011567 05/18/2020
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. 2020 Jul;28(7):3135-3143 PMID: 31705377 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074866826 11/11/2019
Qualitative Assessment of Unmet Information Management Needs of Informal Cancer Caregivers: Four Themes to Inform Oncology Practice.

(Crotty BH, Asan O, Holt J, Tyszka J, Erickson J, Stolley M, Pezzin LE, Nattinger AB.) JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2020 Jun;4:521-528 PMID: 32530708 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086523444 06/13/2020
Engaging young African American women breast cancer survivors: A novel storytelling approach to identify patient-centred research priorities.

(Yan A, Millon-Underwood S, Walker A, Patten C, Nevels D, Dookeran K, Hennessy R, Knobloch MJ, Egede L, Stolley M.) Health Expect. 2020 Apr;23(2):473-482 PMID: 31916641 PMCID: PMC7104646 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077845301 01/10/2020
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 PMID: 30091014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85051532560 08/10/2018
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) PMID: 31060275 PMCID: PMC6566246 05/08/2019
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 04;13(2):257-268 PMID: 30982113 PMCID: PMC6612676 04/15/2019
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 PMID: 30775929 PMCID: PMC6527422 02/19/2019
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 PMID: 30320429 PMCID: PMC6214782 10/16/2018
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 PMID: 30048573 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85051563507 07/27/2018
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 PMID: 29793446 PMCID: PMC5968588 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047544800 05/26/2018
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 PMID: 29510372 PMCID: PMC6637407 03/07/2018

Melinda Stolley, PhD