Iakovos Toumazis, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Health Services ResearchThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
I develop mathematical models and optimization techniques to improve decision-making in cancer screening strategies and treatment protocols. My research focuses on personalized medicine, healthcare operations research, simulation modeling, and data-driven approaches to cancer care.
Recent Publications
Acceptability and perceptions of personalised risk-based cancer screening among health-care professionals and the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2025)
cancer researchscreeningdecision analysis
Impact of comorbidities on the mortality benefits of lung cancer screening: a post-hoc analysis of the PLCO and NLST trials
(2025)
cancer researchlung cancerscreening
Development and Validation of a Histology-Specific Natural History Model of Ovarian Cancer
(2025)
cancer researchovarian cancermathematical modeling
Cost of ovarian cancer by the phase of care in the United States
(2025)
cancer researchovarian cancerhealth economics
Examining lung cancer screening uptake in the United States: recent research and limitations of public-use data
(2025)
cancer researchlung cancerscreening
Lung cancer screening among adults older than medicare’s upper age eligibility criteria
(2025)
cancer researchlung cancerscreening
Recent Active Grants
Family-based Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication for prevention of gastric cancer
PIBaylor College of Medicine • 2025-2029
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Janice Davis Gordon Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship in Colorectal Cancer Prevention
MentorCancer Prevention Research Training Program (CPRTP) • 2025-Present
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Optimizing ovarian cancer early detection using mathematical modeling
MentorFOUNDATION FOR WOMENS CANCER • 2025-Present
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Development of a shared decision tool to facilitate uptake of the levonorgestrel intrauterine device for primary prevention of endometrial cancer
Co-ICancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) • 2025-Present
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Lung Cancer Early Detection Initiative: Stratified Screening Strategy for Ireland (LEAD-Ireland)
CollaboratorHealth Research Board (HRB) Applied Partnership Awards • 2025-Present
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Methods Training for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Cancer
Co-INATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE • 2024-Present
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