Caitlin Bailey, PhD, MS

Cancer Prevention Fellow
Risk Factor Assessment Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program

Telephone: 240-276-5626
Email: caitlin.bailey@nih.gov

Degrees

• PhD – Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health, The George Washington University
• MS – Nutrition Interventions, Communication, and Behavior Change, Tufts University
• BA - East Asian Studies and Economics (minor), Wellesley College

Biography

Caitlin Bailey, PhD, MS, is a Cancer Prevention fellow in the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program’s (EGRP) Risk Factor Assessment Branch (RFAB). In this role, she works with Dr. Dana Wolff-Hughes on projects to advance cancer-related risk factor assessment through the use of novel technologies and data science approaches. She is especially interested in research leveraging digital health technologies to improve the assessment of physical activity, sleep/circadian rhythm, nutrition, and obesity in cancer research.

Prior to joining EGRP, Dr. Bailey was a Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) fellow following the receipt of her master’s degree in nutrition interventions, communication, and behavior change from Tufts University in 2019. From 2019-2020, Dr. Bailey worked with Dr. Linda Nebeling to support the activities of the Trans-NCI Obesity and Cancer Working Group. Dr. Bailey also served as co-principal investigator of a DCCPS Collaborative Research Award for Fellows in Training (CRAFT) project with a team of Cancer Prevention and CRTA fellows studying time-restricted eating adherence.

Dr. Bailey received her doctorate in social and behavioral sciences in public health from The George Washington University. Her dissertation work, which was supported by an F31 training grant, examined associations between the timing of physical activity and health outcomes in young adults. She received two Research Excellence Awards from the Society of Behavioral Medicine, including the Karen Calfas Award for physical activity research.

Select Publications

See listing of articles authored by Dr. Bailey in PubMed.