Academic Appointments:

Assistant Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/florence-lui

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Degree(s): PhD in Clinical Psychology

Research Focus:  As a psychologist and behavioral scientist on the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service and a member of the Psychotherapy Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Lui has focused her research on investigating and reducing disparities in cancer care. Some studies that Dr. Lui is currently conducting explore adapting a meaning-centered counseling approach for Chinese patients with advanced cancer and investigating the use of interpreters in counseling for limited-English patients with cancer.

Selected Publications:

1. Lui F, Finik J, Leng J, Gany F. (2022) Social determinants and health-related quality of life in a sample of diverse, low socioeconomic status cancer patients. Psychooncology. 2022 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/pon.6006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35953894.
2. Lui, F., Lewicka, M., Bao, G., Moyer, A., Boyce, L., & Leng, J. (2023) A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for immigrant and limited English proficient cancer patients. Psychooncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6110. Epub ahead of print.
3. Lui, F., Chen, Z., Niu, Y., Breitbart, W., Gany, F., & Leng, J. (In press). Developing a Meaning-Centered Program for Chinese Americans with Advanced Cancer: Applying Cultural Adaptation Frameworks. Asian American Journal of Psychology.
4. Lui, F., Finik, J., Wu, M., Leng, J., & Gany, F. (In press). The association of untreated mental health problems with alcohol and tobacco use among New York City taxi drivers. Journal of Community Health.
5. Leng, J., Lui, F., & Gany, F. (2022). Chinese Livery Drivers’ Perspectives on Adapting a Community Health Worker Intervention to Facilitate Lung Cancer Screening. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 33(1), 332-348. doi: 10.1353/hpu.20222.0024.

Patents: none

Grants over the past 5 years:

Agency: American Cancer Society, Diversity in Cancer Research Institutional Development Grant (Brooklyn College Cancer Center, CUNY)
Grant number:  DICRIDG-22-1012253
Period: 2/15/2024-2/14/2028
Role: Clinician Scientist Sub-Awardee
Title: Cultural Adaptation of the Multicomponent Counseling Program for Chinese Cancer Survivors: An Optimization Trial (CAMCO)

Agency: City College of New York-MSK U54 Partnership Pilot Grant, Partnership Community Outreach, Research, and Education Core, National Cancer Institute
Grant number: U54CA137788
Period: 9/1/2022-8/31/2023
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Interpreting to Increase Access to Psycho-Oncology Care (INTERPRET-PSY)

Agency: National Cancer Institute
Grant number: 1R03CA267333-01A1
Period: 7/6/2022-6/30/2024
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Pathway to Equity: Feasibility and Proof of Concept of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese Patients with Advanced Cancer

Agency: City College of New York-MSK U54 Partnership Pre-Pilot Grant, Partnership Community Outreach, Research, and Education Core, National Cancer Institute
Grant number: U54CA137788
Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2022
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Psychosocial and Family Pathways to Psychological Distress and Tobacco Use among Asian American Adolescents

Agency: City College of New York-MSK U54 Partnership Pilot Grant, Partnership Community Outreach, Research, and Education Core, National Cancer Institute
Grant number: U54CA137788
Period: 1/1/2021-2/28/2022
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Cultural Adaptation of EMPOWER for Latinx Family Caregivers in Intensive Care Units in the Context of COVID-19

Agency: National Cancer Institute
Grant number: T32 CA009461
Period: 8/1/2020-7/31/2022
Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Title: Psychosocial Palliative and Community Research in Cancer, Institutional Training Grant