Jesse Plascak PhD, MPH

Dr. Jesse John Plascak's research investigates how socio-spatial environments influence cancer outcomes, with the goal of identifying modifiable mechanisms to attain cancer health equity. Dr. Plascak is director of the SPACE Lab (Socio-SPatial Attributes and Actions to Achieve Cancer Equity) and is an assistant professor of Cancer Prevention and Control within the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is also a member of the OSUCCC – James Cancer Control Program.

As a trained cancer and spatial epidemiologist, Dr. Plascak leads the geographic measurement and spatial analyses in addition to overseeing general laboratory activities. One of his team’s current research projects focuses on investigating relationships between various social and built environment characteristics on breast cancer outcomes, as well as the epigenomic mechanisms that might be involved within these pathways.

Dr. Plascak’s work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Cancer, Journal of Cancer Survivorship, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, International Journal of Health Geographics, and Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.