Mark Fiala, MSW, PhD

Mark Fiala, MSW, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Understanding and elimination of cancer disparities. I am interested in how social determinants of health, such as race, socioeconomic status, and insurance coverage, impact what treatment patients with cancer receive and their health outcomes. My goal is to improve the care of underserved communities by recognizing the factors that are associated with inferior treatments and outcomes and developing interventions to eliminate the disparities. In addition, I collaborate on numerous studies involving cancer epidemiology, biomarkers, and treatments.

Education

  • 2017: MSW, health concentration, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2022: PhD of Social Work, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Selected Research Publications

Returning to work after breast cancer: a longitudinal analysis of employment and financial hardship.
  • Park E, Peterson L, McKeon S, Fiala MA
  • Breast Cancer Res Treat 2025
Treatment Access among Younger Medicaid Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma.
  • Fiala MA, Ji M, Shih YH, [...] Chang SH
  • Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2025
Single-Cell Discovery and Multiomic Characterization of Therapeutic Targets in Multiple Myeloma.
  • Yao L, Wang JT, Jayasinghe RG, [...] Fiala MA, [...] DiPersio JF
  • Cancer Res 2023
The Dynamics of Financial Toxicity in Multiple Myeloma.
  • Fiala MA, Silberstein AE, Schroeder MA, Stockerl-Goldstein KE , Vij R
  • Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2023
First-in-Humans Evaluation of Safety and Dosimetry of 64Cu-LLP2A for PET Imaging.
  • Laforest R, Ghai A, Fraum TJ, [...] Fiala M, [...] Dehdashti F
  • J Nucl Med 2023

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