Ronald E. Myers DSW, PhD, FSBM

Ronald E. Myers received a D.S.W. in Social Welfare Policy in 1983 and a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology in 1989 from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Myers completed postdoctoral training in Behavioral Epidemiology at Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1983 to 1985.

Dr. Myers served as an Associate Member, of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia from 1985 to 1994. In 1994, Dr. Myers joined the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia as an Associate Professor and Associate Director for Population Science. In 2001, Dr. Myers was appointed as Professor and Director of the Division of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, and the Center for Health Decisions at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

He has conducted cancer prevention and control research studies for 30 years, has been the principal investigator on many peer-reviewed research grants, has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field, and has delivered presentations at national and international conferences. His areas of expertise include patient adherence to cancer screening; shared decision-making in cancer risk assessment, screening, and treatment; and disparities in cancer prevention and control.

Dr. Myers is the Principal Investigator of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)-funded CER study designed to test different approaches for increasing colorectal cancer screening in Hispanic primary care practice patients. He also leads a PCORI-funded EAIN project that applies a collective impact learning community strategy to the adaptation of evidence-based intervention for use in health systems to reduce cancer disparities.