Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
October 2018

Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D.
Flatiron Health

 Research at Scale: Rethinking evidence generation for the 21st Century
September 2018

Brian M. Rivers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

 A Community-based Translational Research Framework to Address Prostate Cancer Disparities
June 2018

Nickolas Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor of Oncology and Pathology; Director of Translational Genetics; Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics & Therapeutics; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Role of non-Invasive Tests for the Early Detection of Cancer
May 2018

Scarlett Lin Gomez, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA

 Cancer Health Disparities Research: Where have we been and where should we go?
May 2018

Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Cancer Disparities Research; Professor of Oncology, Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Psychological Sciences; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH

 We are Not Hard-to-Reach: Community Competent Research to Address Racial Tobacco-Related Disparities
April 2018

Gloria Coronado, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Mitch Greenlick Endowed Scientist for Health Disparities, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Portland, OR

 Implementation and Effectiveness of a Mailed FIT Outreach Program in Safety Net Clinics
April 2018

Nicholas J. Shaheen, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Epidemiology; Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease Chapel Hill, NC

 Misplaced Priorities and Barrett’s Esophagus
March 2018

Timothy R. Rebbeck, Ph.D.
Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Director of Global Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA

 Cancer Prevention in the Precision Medicine Era
March 2018

Folakemi Odedina, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research; Director, UF Health Cancer Center Cancer Health Disparities; University of Florida College of Pharmacy Orlando, FL

 Transatlantic Roots of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men: The CaPTC Program
March 2018

Philip E. Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Global Health Center Bronx, NY

 Screening for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly