Biography
Dr. Wong’s research focuses on understanding and improving patient-centered outcomes in older adults with cancer. She and her research team study the impact of lung cancer treatment on patients’ functional status and quality of life.
In 2005, Dr. Wong earned her undergraduate degree in Human Biology with Honors and Distinction at Stanford University. She then completed medical school and training in internal medicine and medical oncology at UCSF. Dr. Wong also completed advanced research training as an Aging Research Fellow in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Research in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Wong is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Cancer and Aging Research Group, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, International Society of Geriatric Oncology, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Wong was a National Institute on Aging Butler-Williams Scholar in 2016 and received four Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Awards (2016 and 2017 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, 2016 and 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting). In 2017, she also received a Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO/Vicky Merryman Women Who Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award, UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Research Education Core Advanced Scholar Award, UCSF CTSI KL2 Career Development Award, and NIA GEMSSTAR R03. Dr. Wong's geriatric oncology research program is currently funded by an NIA Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76).
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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Geriatric Oncology Community of Practice Co-Chair | ASCO | 2022 |
Dr. Arti Hurria Best Paper Award | Journal of Geriatric Oncology | 2022 |
Geriatric Oncology Education Committee | ASCO | 2021 |
Editorial Board Member | Journal of Geriatric Oncology | 2021 |
Cancer and Aging Special Interest Group Chair | American Geriatrics Society | 2018/2020 |
Early Career Faculty Workgroup | Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center | 2018/2020 |
Junior Investigator Board | Cancer and Aging Research Group | 2018 |
Loan Repayment Program Award | NIH/NCI | 2017/2020 |
Vicky Merryman Women Who Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO | 2017/2018 |
Merit Award - Annual Meeting | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO | 2017 |
Merit Award - Quality Care Symposium | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO | 2017 |
SIOG Young Investigator Award | International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) | 2017 |
Merit Award - Annual Meeting | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO | 2016 |
Merit Award - Quality Care Symposium | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO | 2016 |
Butler-Williams Scholars Program | National Institute on Aging | 2016 |
Hematology/Oncology Chief Fellow | UCSF | 2016 |
Hematology/Oncology Division Clinical Fellow Award | UCSF Department of Medicine | 2016 |
Award for Excellence in Fellowship Research | UCSF Hematology/Oncology Research Retreat | 2016 |
Cancer and Aging Research U13 Conference Young Investigator Travel Award | Cancer and Aging Research Group | 2015 |
Hematology/Oncology Quality Chief Fellow | UCSF | 2015 |
Department of Medicine Professionalism Award | UCSF | 2014 |
SOM Dean's Quarterly Research Fellowship | UCSF | 2011 |
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | UCSF | 2010 |
Bernard Osher Scholarship | UCSF | 2008/2011 |
SOM Dean's Summer Research Fellowship | UCSF | 2008 |
Joshua Lederberg Award for Academic Excellence in Human Biology | Stanford University | 2005 |
Chappell Lougee Scholarship | Stanford University | 2003 |
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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UCSF | Master's Degree Program in Clinical Research | Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics | 2017 |
UCSF | Aging Research T32 Fellowship | Division of Geriatrics | 2017 |
UCSF | Medical Oncology Fellowship | Division of Hematology/Oncology | 2016 |
UCSF | Internal Medicine Residency | Department of Medicine | 2014 |
UCSF | MD | School of Medicine | 2011 |
Stanford University | BA | Human Biology | 2005 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Clinical Expertise
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Geriatric Oncology
Program Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Thoracic Oncology Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Grants and Funding
- Enhancing the “Lung cancer in older adults: Treatment experience through the patient’s lens” cohort study | UCSF Department of Medicine Cohort Grant | 2022-07-01 - 2024-06-30 | Role:
- Advancing patient-centered decision making in older adults with lung cancer: Incorporating risk of functional decline into treatment discussions | NIH/NIA | 2019-07-15 - 2024-02-29 | Role:
- Mixed methods evaluation of the Best Case/Worst Case-Geriatric Oncology communication tool | UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Pilot & Exploratory Studies Core Scholar Award | 2022-07-01 - 2023-06-30 | Role:
- Feasibility pilot study of the Best Case/Worst Case-Geriatric Oncology communication tool to improve decision making for older adults with advanced cancer | Mount Zion Health Fund | 2022-07-01 - 2023-06-30 | Role:
- Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool to geriatric oncology: Improving patient-centered decision making for older adults with lung cancer | Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center-Mount Zion Health Fund Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences | 2019-07-01 - 2020-06-30 | Role:
- UCSF CTSI KL2 Career Development Award | NIH/NCATS | 2017-07-01 - 2020-05-31 | Role: KL2 Scholar
- Expanding the Definition of Treatment Toxicity in Older Adults with Lung Cancer | NIH/NIA | 2017-07-01 - 2020-05-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
- UCSF Older Americans Independence Center Research Advanced Scholar Award | NIH/NIA | 2017-07-01 - 2019-06-30 | Role: Research Education Core Advanced Scholar
- Characterization of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in older cancer survivors | Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO/Vicky Merryman Women Who Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award | 2017-07-01 - 2018-06-30 | Role:
Research Narrative
Dr. Wong's research focuses on understanding and improving patient-centered outcomes in older adults with cancer. She is currently studying the impact of lung cancer treatment (such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy) on patients' functional status and quality of life. Dr. Wong also studies how symptoms change over time in older adults with cancer.
Dr. Wong’s forthcoming study, “Lung Cancer in Older Adults: Treatment Toxicity Through the Patient’s Lens,” will recruit UCSF lung cancer patients who are age 65 or older and starting a new chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy regimen. Dr. Wong and her research team will explore how lung cancer treatment impacts patients’ functional status and quality of life.
Research Interests
Geriatric oncology
Functional status
Quality of life
Treatment toxicity
Cancer outcomes research
Publications
- Perturbations in inflammatory pathways are associated with shortness of breath profiles in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Receipt of financial assistance for oral targeted therapy among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: A prospective cohort study.| | View in PubMed
- Evaluation of Culture Conducive to Academic Success by Gender at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.| | View in PubMed
- Stability and consistency of symptom clusters in younger versus older patients receiving chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Evaluation of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis protocol in hematopoietic cell transplant patients.| | View in PubMed
- Higher Lifetime Stress and Symptom Burden Contribute to the Occurrence of Shortness of Breath.| | View in PubMed
- Age-related differences in cancer relative survival in the United States: A SEER-18 analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Osimertinib in NSCLC With Atypical EGFR-Activating Mutations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study.| | View in PubMed
- Integrating Geriatric Assessment Measures into National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials.| | View in PubMed
- Distinct Shortness of Breath Profiles in Oncology Outpatients Undergoing Chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Systematic review of the literature on the occurrence and characteristics of dyspnea in oncology patients.| | View in PubMed
- Adapting a patient-centered communication tool for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia and their oncologist.| | View in PubMed
- The epidemiology of preexisting geriatric and palliative conditions in older adults with poor prognosis cancers.| | View in PubMed
- Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.| | View in PubMed
- Survive and thrive: Personal stories of persistence and resilience in aging research.| | View in PubMed
- Functional Trajectories and Resilience Among Adults With Advanced Lung Cancer.| | View in PubMed
- A Geriatric Assessment Intervention to Reduce Treatment Toxicity Among Older Adults With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Subgroup Analysis From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.| | View in PubMed
- "You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture": Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool for geriatric oncology.| | View in PubMed
- Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.| | View in PubMed
- Immunotherapy in Older Adults With Cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Functional Disability Among Older Versus Younger Adults With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Characteristics Associated With Functional Changes During Systemic Cancer Treatments: A Systematic Review Focused on Older Adults.| | View in PubMed
- Expanding Beyond Maximum Grade: Chemotherapy Toxicity over Time by Age and Performance Status in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in CALGB 9730 (Alliance A151729).| | View in PubMed
- Toxicity and survival outcomes in older adults receiving concurrent or sequential chemoradiation for stage III non-small cell lung cancer in Alliance trials (Alliance A151812).| | View in PubMed
- Evaluation of a National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines-Based Decision Support Tool in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.| | View in PubMed
- Co-occurrence of decrements in physical and cognitive function is common in older oncology patients receiving chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Hepatitis B Virus Screening and Management for Patients With Cancer Prior to Therapy: ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion Update.| | View in PubMed
- Immunotherapy in older patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology position paper.| | View in PubMed
- Associations of Caregiver-Oncologist Discordance in Prognostic Understanding With Caregiver-Reported Therapeutic Alliance and Anxiety.| | View in PubMed
- Predicting risk of chemotherapy-induced severe neutropenia: A pooled analysis in individual patients data with advanced lung cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Geriatric oncology health services research: Cancer and Aging Research Group infrastructure core.| | View in PubMed
- Co-occuring symptoms in older oncology patients with distinct attentional function profiles.| | View in PubMed
- Geriatric oncology research at the 2019 American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annual meeting: Joint perspectives from the Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and AGS Cancer and Aging Special Interest Group.| | View in PubMed
- Arti Hurria, M.D.: A tribute to her shining legacy in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.| | View in PubMed
- Mentoring pearls of wisdom: Lessons learned by mentees of Arti Hurria, MD.| | View in PubMed
- Who Will Care for the Caregivers? Increased Needs When Caring for Frail Older Adults With Cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Age-related differences in patient-reported and objective measures of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy among cancer survivors.| | View in PubMed
- Stability of Symptom Clusters in Patients With Lung Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- From clinical trials to real-world practice: Immune checkpoint inhibitors in older adults.| | View in PubMed
- Going Far Together: A Tribute to Arti Hurria, MD.| | View in PubMed
- More Frequent Surveillance Following Lung Cancer Resection Is Not Associated With Improved Survival: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study.| | View in PubMed
- Comorbidity Assessment in the National Cancer Database for Patients With Surgically Resected Breast, Colorectal, or Lung Cancer (AFT-01, -02, -03).| | View in PubMed
- Characteristics Associated With Physical Function Trajectories in Older Adults With Cancer During Chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Distinct attentional function profiles in older adults receiving cancer chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Age, comorbidity, life expectancy, and pulmonary nodule follow-up in older veterans.| | View in PubMed
- Individualizing PSA Monitoring Among Older Prostate Cancer Survivors.| | View in PubMed
- Time-to-Treatment-Failure and Related Outcomes Among 1000+ Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Comparisons Between Older Versus Younger Patients (Alliance A151711).| | View in PubMed
- Distinct Physical Function Profiles in Older Adults Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Differences in Symptom Clusters Identified Using Ratings of Symptom Occurrence vs. Severity in Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Predictors of the multidimensional symptom experience of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.| | View in PubMed
- Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy in Cancer Survivors.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of age and comorbidity on treatment of non-small cell lung cancer recurrence following complete resection: A nationally representative cohort study.| | View in PubMed
- Enrollment Trends and Disparity Among Patients With Lung Cancer in National Clinical Trials, 1990 to 2012.| | View in PubMed
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in older patients with cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Understanding cognition in older patients with cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Clinician Factors Associated With Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Older Veterans With Limited Life Expectancy.| | View in PubMed
- Incidence of non-small-cell lung cancer among California Hispanics according to neighborhood socioeconomic status.| | View in PubMed
- Discovery of a potent small-molecule antagonist of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins and clinical candidate for the treatment of cancer (GDC-0152).| | View in PubMed
- Impact of age and comorbidity on non-small-cell lung cancer treatment in older veterans.| | View in PubMed
- More to mutton than meets the eye.| | View in PubMed
- Children's perceived social support after a parent is diagnosed with cancer.| | View in PubMed
- Posttraumatic growth and adverse long-term effects of parental cancer in children.| | View in PubMed
- A preliminary study of peritraumatic dissociation, social support, and coping in relation to posttraumatic stress symptoms for a parent's cancer.| | View in PubMed