Past Lectures

Cancer Prevention and Control Colloquia Series
Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
April 2024
Jennifer Young, Ph.D.

Jennifer Young, Ph.D.
Director, Psychosocial Research and Education for the Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Cancer Health Beliefs and Cascade Genetic Testing in Asian Americans
April 2024
Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H.

Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H.
Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health, Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Stanford Health Policy Associate, Stanford University

Changing Behaviors: Stealth Interventions, Mindsets and Screenomics
February 2024
Rick Kittles, Ph.D.

Rick Kittles, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Vitamin D Deficiency and Prostate Cancer Disparities
February 2024
Peter S. Hovmand, Ph..D, M.S.W.

Peter S. Hovmand, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor of Medicine, Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

Participatory Methods in Systems Science: Why, When, and How
January 2024
Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Professor of Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Health Care Tradition in Costa Rica
December 2023
Susan Magasi, Ph.D.

Susan Magasi, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois Chicago

Let’s Talk About Disability: Tackling the Taboo to Improve Cancer Health Equity
May 2023
Damon Centola, Ph.D.

Damon Centola, Ph.D.
Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania

New Theory and Experiments on Implicit Race and Gender Bias in Medicine
May 2023
Yamile Molina, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Yamile Molina, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Mile Square Health Center, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Network Interventions Toward Cancer Health Equity: Breast Health among Latinas
April 2023
Yelena Wu, Ph.D.

Yelena Wu, Ph.D.
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

Skin cancer prevention among young adults: The Risk Information and Skin-cancer Education for Undergraduate Prevention study
April 2023
Natalia Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Natalia Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Population Health and Health Equity of Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University

Human-centered Design of a Rapid HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Screening in Underserved Populations