Specializing In:
- Ovarian cancer epidemiology
- Physical inactivity and obesity and cancer etiology and prognosis
- Biological mechanisms linking physical (in)activity, cancer risk, and cancer prognosis
- Role of leptin in cancer etiology and prognosis
Research Interests:
- Cancer epidemiology; the role of physical activity, exercise, body composition and obesity in ovarian and breast cancer survival; identifying mediating immune factors linking physical (in)activity and body composition with cancer outcomes
Biography
As a population scientist and cancer epidemiologist, Dr. Cannioto investigates the associations of modifiable lifestyle factors with cancer etiology and prognosis. Prior to pursuing a research career in cancer epidemiology, Dr. Cannioto had a 15-year career in exercise science. Her research focuses on understanding the roles of recreational physical activity, exercise, and body composition in cancer survival and in identifying immune-related factors mediating these associations.
Dr. Cannioto is currently leading a study designed to examine how changes in body composition throughout primary adjuvant chemotherapy associates with epithelial ovarian cancer survival; this project was funded by the Roswell Park Ovarian SPORE as part of a Career Enhancement Program grant. She is also co-leading a randomized control pilot study designed to investigate the effects of exercise on reducing adrenergic stress and immunosuppression in breast cancer survivors; this study was funded by the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation. Dr. Cannioto has authored several papers demonstrating that patients who exercise regularly have significantly improved survival. Her long-term research goals will be to improve cancer patients’ lives through the wide-spread promotion of physical activity and exercise ancillary to current cancer therapies.
Email: Rikki.Cannioto@RoswellPark.org
Phone: 716-845-1102
Fax: 716-845-845-8487
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Background
Education and Training
- 2016 - PhD - Epidemiology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
- 2013 - MS - Epidemiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
