Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
March 2021

Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., A.O.C.N., F.A.A.N.
University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI

 Improving Cancer Care: Listening to Patients and Clinicians
April 2021

Ellen M. Daley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of South Florida College of Public Health

 HPV Vaccine Strategies in the US: Why Haven’t We Been More Successful?
April 2021

Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

 Polygenic Risk Scores in Cancer Prevention
May 2021

Ashwani Rajput, M.D.
Director, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, National Capital Region Professor of Surgery and Oncology, John Hopkins University

 Building Bridges to Enhance Cancer Prevention and Care
May 2021

Jessica Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Exercise Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 From Spaceflight to Cancer Therapy: The Next Frontier of Multisystem Toxicity Countermeasures
June 2021

Lisa Carter-Harris, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 Beyond a Closed-Ended Question: Understanding the Decision to Screen or Not for Lung Cancer
September 2021

Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Annie Laurie Howard Research Distinguished Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, Director of the Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

 Healthy Living After Cancer: Translating What We Know into What We Do
September 2021

Raymond Osarogiagbon, M.D.
Director of the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, Baptist Cancer Center, Memphis, TN

 The Mid-South Miracle: A Program-Based Approach to Reducing Population-Level Lung Cancer Mortality
October 2021

David C. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, VCU School Of Medicine, Richmond, VA

 Estimating Neighborhood Disadvantage Indices for Disease Risk
November 2021

Paul Han, M.D., M.A., M.P.H.
Senior Scientist, Behavioral Research Program (BRP), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD

 Uncertainty in Cancer Prevention and Control: Needs and Challenges