Join the Wu Team

We are often looking for individuals who are interested in joining our team. Opportunities can include:

  • Assisting with study design
  • Collecting quantitative and qualitative data with participants
  • Assisting with intervention implementation
  • Conducting statistical analyses
  • Write-up of results
  • Data entry and verification,
  • Other career development opportunities

If you are interested in these and other opportunities, please email Dr. Wu expressing your interests.

Principal Investigator

Yelena Wu, PhD

yelena.wu@hci.utah.edu

Cancer Center Bio

Affiliations

Department of Dermatology
Cancer Control & Population Sciences
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Life in the Wu Team

Tammy Stump, Will Tanguy, and Yelena Wu presenting a poster on the SHINE study at the 2024 Society for Behavioral Medicine conference in Philadelphia.
Tammy Stump, Will Tanguy, and Yelena Wu presenting a poster on the SHINE study at the 2024 Society for Behavioral Medicine conference in Philadelphia.
Left to right: Bridget Parsons, Yelena Wu, and Katy Nottingham
Left to right: Bridget Parsons, Yelena Wu, and Katy Nottingham
Yelena Wu presents a UV photo showing skin damage caused by the sun.
Yelena Wu presents a UV photo showing skin damage caused by the sun.
Angela Zhu presents her thesis research on the relationship between self-reported and actual outdoor UVR exposure among families in Utah at the University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Angela Zhu presents her thesis research on the relationship between self-reported and actual outdoor UVR exposure among families in Utah at the University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Dr. Wu is interviewed by a local news channel about sun safety.
Dr. Wu is interviewed by a local news channel about sun safety.
Bridget Parsons presents findings from the SUN in Schools program comparing rural and urban students at the Accelerating Rural Cancer Control meeting at the National Institutes of Health.
Bridget Parsons presents findings from the SUN in Schools program comparing rural and urban students at the Accelerating Rural Cancer Control meeting at the National Institutes of Health.
The Wu team hosted a student during the summer as part of an HCI rural high school program.
The Wu team hosted a student during the summer as part of an HCI rural high school program.
Bridget Parsons presents on the SUN in Schools Program at the general committee meeting of the Utah Cancer Action Network.
Bridget Parsons presents on the SUN in Schools Program at the general committee meeting of the Utah Cancer Action Network.
Kelsey Zaugg presents skin cancer prevention materials to a classroom of students for the SUN in Schools Program.
Kelsey Zaugg presents skin cancer prevention materials to a classroom of students for the SUN in Schools Program.
Students conduct UV light blocking experiment as part of the SUN in Schools program.
Students conduct UV light blocking experiment as part of the SUN in Schools program.
Dr. Wu at SunSafe Schools event.
Dr. Wu at SunSafe Schools event.
Dr. Wu tries out virtual reality technology during an August 2016 trip to Wu team collaborator Jake Jensen's lab, a CCPS Investigator and faculty member at the University of Utah's Communication department.
Dr. Wu tries out virtual reality technology during an August 2016 trip to Wu team collaborator Jake Jensen's lab, a CCPS Investigator and faculty member at the University of Utah's Communication department.
Dr. Wu presents on the MERIT study at the annual conference of the Society of Pediatric Psychology April 2016 in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Wu presents on the MERIT study at the annual conference of the Society of Pediatric Psychology April 2016 in Atlanta, GA.
Bridget Grahmann and Garrett Harding presenting findings from the HCI 2015 skin cancer screening at the Utah Public Health Association conference, April 2016.
Bridget Grahmann and Garrett Harding presenting findings from the HCI 2015 skin cancer screening at the Utah Public Health Association conference, April 2016.
Ryan Mooney presenting a poster on CASH findings at Utah Public Health Association conference in Salt Lake City, UT.
Ryan Mooney presenting a poster on CASH findings at Utah Public Health Association conference in Salt Lake City, UT.
Elizabeth Nagelhout and a collaborator present her Master's research on colorectal cancer screening at the Utah Public Health Association conference in Salt Lake City, UT.
Elizabeth Nagelhout and a collaborator present her Master's research on colorectal cancer screening at the Utah Public Health Association conference in Salt Lake City, UT.
Dr. Wu presents findings from SPARK study focus group data at the annual Utah Cancer Action Network conference, May 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Dr. Wu presents findings from SPARK study focus group data at the annual Utah Cancer Action Network conference, May 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Bridget Grahmann presents data from her Master's thesis research on HCI's Skin Cancer Screening at the Utah Cancer Action Network conference, May 2016.
Bridget Grahmann presents data from her Master's thesis research on HCI's Skin Cancer Screening at the Utah Cancer Action Network conference, May 2016.
Elizabeth Nagelhout explains her research on colorectal cancer screening at the Utah Cancer Action Network conference in May, 2016.
Elizabeth Nagelhout explains her research on colorectal cancer screening at the Utah Cancer Action Network conference in May, 2016.