Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, earned her doctoral degree in nutrition epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. She joined Rutgers Cancer Institute as a postdoctoral appointee and was then appointed Instructor of Medicine. She is currently a tenure-track assistant professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School within the Division of Medical Oncology and the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at the Rutgers Cancer Institute. She is a full member of the CINJ Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program.
The goal of Dr. Qin's research is to elucidate multilevel modifiable factors that affect cancer health and health disparities, in order to inform strategies to reduce cancer risk and improve survival rates and quality of life after cancer diagnosis, especially among underserved populations. This program integrates multilevel and transdisciplinary components, including the investigation of novel social determinants of health, lifestyle and biological factors, and the use of multilevel modeling, into breast cancer and ovarian cancer epidemiology research.
Academic Appointments
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July 2026 – Present
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Associate Professor of Medicine (with Tenure), Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Cancer Institute
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June 2020 – June 2026
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Tenure Track), Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Cancer Institute
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February 2019 – May 2020
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Instructor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Cancer Institute
Areas of Expertise
Cancer Epidemiology, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Neighborhoods and Health, Nutritional Epidemiology.
Education and Training
- PhD – Nutrition (minor: Epidemiology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
- BSc (Hons) – Applied Biology with Biotechnology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Exchange – Biological Sciences, Cornell University
Professional Organizations
- American Association for Cancer Research (2015 - Present)
- American Society of Preventive Oncology (2017 - Present)
- Chair, ASPO Cancer Disparities Special Interest Group (September 2025 – Present)
Journal Editorial Boards
- British Journal of Nutrition, Cambridge University Press (2021 - Present)
- Journal of Nutritional Science, Cambridge University Press (2021 - 2023)
- Breast Cancer Research, BioMed Central (2025 – Present)