Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
September 2020

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

 The Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
April 2016

Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Boston University

The Principles of Population Health Science: Implications for Cancer Prevention
March 2017

Kate Sweeny, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA

The Psychological Impact of Awaiting Breast Diagnosis: A Preliminary Picture
March 2016

Kurt M. Ribisl, Ph.D.
UNCCH Gillings School of Global Public Health

 Tobacco-related Disparities at Point of Sale and Promising Policy Solutions
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
February 2015

Electra Paskett, Ph.D.
College of Medicine Ohio State University

Transdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Cervical Cancer in Appalachia
October 2014

Erika A. Waters, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Washington University School of Medicine

Translating epidemiological research for public consumption: Challenges and opportunities in communicating about risk
September 2017

Carol Estwing Ferrans, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Associate Dean for Research Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair in Nursing Research Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, College of Nursing University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL

 Translating Research into Policy: Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities in Illinois
May 2015

Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D.
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Translating the Genetic Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Latinos: Genomic Tools to Address Global Disparities
December 2021

Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D.
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 Translational Behavioral Science Research in Cancer Health Disparities