Dr. Crane is a distinguished leader in cancer control and is passionate about her commitment to the science of better outcomes for patients and community. Her work sits at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and digital health with a goal of developing targeted interventions, utilizing digital biomarkers to deliver the right intervention, at the right time to the right person. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and is an R25 Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) NCI Fellow.
Dr. Crane was recruited to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to co-lead the Cancer Control Research Program and direct the Lifestyle Medicine, Prevention and Digital health initiative. She serves on the University of Miami IRB’s consent to contact committee as the Sylvester representative for cancer-related studies and is an appointed cabinet member to the Executive Dean for Research of the Miller School of Medicine. As the population science representative, she serves on the Gynecologic Oncology and Lymphoma site disease groups and works with clinical and research faculty members. She was recently appointed the Vice-Chair for NRG Oncology NCORP Cancer Prevention and Control Committee.
Dr. Crane joined Sylvester from the College of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Sciences Division, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she served as co-lead of the Behavioral Measurement and Interventions Shared Resource at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. She also held joint appointments in the Department of Nutrition Sciences, Data Science Institute, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
