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Melanie Besculides, DrPH,MPH
About Me
Melanie Besculides, DrPH is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Besculides specializes in mixed-methods evaluation research. She has worked in many arenas of health including cancer, women’s health, infant health, nutrition, cardiovascular disease, and orthopedics. Dr. Besculides has evaluated machine learning algorithms, remote patient monitoring efforts, screening programs, train-the-trainer models, and educational initiatives. Her work has been at the hospital system, city, state, and federal levels.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Population Health Science and Policy
Education
DrPH, University at Albany, State University of New York
MPH, University at Albany, State University of New York
Publications
Selected Publications
- Motivators for sexual activity among women who are cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study. Melanie Besculides, Julia Brody-Barre, Lauren M. Carney, Kathleen Waeldner, Thodori Kapouranis, Margaret Downes, Lucy Greenwald, Vishal Gupta, Michael Buckstein, Sheryl Green, Karyn Goodman, Pinaki Dutta, Audrey Saitta, Deborah C. Marshall. Journal of Sexual Medicine
- Impact of Patient and Caregiver Beliefs on Utilization of Hospice and Palliative Care in Diverse Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. Melanie Besculides, Melissa B. Mazor, Carolina Moreno Alvarado, Mayuri Jain, Lihua Li, Jose Morillo, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Cardinale B. Smith. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Sexual activity and functioning after breast cancer treatment: perspectives on the importance of pleasure from a radiotherapy cohort. Melanie Besculides, Lauren Carney, Ksenia Gorbenko, Sheryl Green, Melissa Brito, Jezelle Lynch, Carly Feldman, Cindy Munoz, Madhu Mazumdar, Deborah C. Marshall. BMC Women's Health