Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
May 2020

Paul C. Boutros, Ph.D., M.B.A.
University of California, Los Angeles

 The Evolutionary Origins of Aggressive Cancer
May 2020

Linda Ko, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

 Multi-level Communication Intervention to Promote HPV Vaccination among East African Adolescents
June 2020

Siobhan M Phillips, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Northwestern University

 Fit2Thrive: Optimization of a Nationwide Physical Activity Promotion Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors
September 2020

Edward L. Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 The Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
October 2020

Ilona Jaspers, Ph.D., M.S.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

 E-cigarettes and Vaping: Toxicities, Misconceptions, and Health Effects
October 2020

Lisa S. Shock, Ph.D.
VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

 Mitochondrial Epigenetics: Surprising Roles in mtDNA Structure, Mitochondrial Function and Metastasis
November 2020

Laundette Jones, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Health Equity and Population Health

 From Cells to Communities: Building a Scientist-Survivor Program
December 2020

Cosette M. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico (UNM) Regents Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNM Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM

 New Mexico HPV Pap Registry: Integration of Real World Data to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening and Inform Policy
January 2021

Lauren McCullough, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA

 Understanding Breast Cancer Disparities: Cells to Society
February 2021

David B. Allison, Ph.D.
School of Public Health, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN

 Rescuing Nutrition Science’s Reputation from the Bin of Condemnation to that Worthy of Constructive Criticism: Toward Greater Rigor and Warrant in Nutrition and Obesity