Diane Ng
Senior Research Associate
Contact
DianeNg@westat.comOverview
Diane Ng is a Senior Research Associate for Public Health. She has 7 years of epidemiologic research and health communications experience, as well as a background in SAS statistical programming, qualitative and quantitative data analysis and coding, data management, GIS and geospatial research, and training. She supports cancer research projects for CDC, NCI, and the Delaware Cancer Registry.
Ng came to Westat from the University of Maryland where she supported a mixed-methods study on colorectal cancer screening differences among Chinese and Korean adults, as well as research on cardiovascular risk factor cohorts. She is certified in Cartography from ArcGIS and has won multiple poster awards from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).
Education
MPH, University of Maryland, Epidemiology
BS (with University Honors), University of Maryland, General Biology
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Results of year 2 data quality evaluation of CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries: Weighing the evidence, identifying research gaps, and evaluating outputs of a prevention research agenda
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Journal of Registry Management
January 2022
M. Traverso-Ortiz, D. Duran, M. Mesnard, Diane Ng, S. Dailey
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Disparities in psychosocial distress screening and management of lung and ovarian cancer survivors
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JCO Oncology Practice
January 2022
E.A. Rohan, M.S. Gallaway, G.C. Huang, Diane Ng, J.E. Boehm, R. Samarasinha, K. Stachon
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Developing geographic areas for cancer reporting using automated zone design
191,
American Journal of Epidemiology
January 2022
Z. Tatalovich, D.G. Stinchcomb, Diane Ng, M. Yu, D.R. Lewis, L. Zhu, E.J.R. Feuer
DOILink for: Developing geographic areas for cancer reporting using automated zone design