Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
January 2022

Douglas Luke, Ph.D.
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis

 Why is implementation so hard? A complex systems view of D&I Science
May 2017

Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D.
Friends of Cancer Research

Why Advocacy and Policy Matter: Promoting Research and Innovation
March 2015

Brian Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S.
New York College of Dentistry

What Pain Tells Us About Cancer
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
November 2018

Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR

 War on Melanoma: An Oregonian Solution for Cancer Control
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
October 2017

Tamaro Hudson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology at Howard University. Health Research Specialist at Washington VA Medical Center

 Utilizing Biomarker Signature Pairs To Develop Gene Therapeutic Viral Delivery Platforms For Treating Prostate Cancer
February 2020

Carol J. Boushey, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center

 Using Food Images and Dietary Patterns to Facilitate Perceptions Through Multiple Lenses
January 2020

Jessica Chubak, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

 Using Electronic Health Care Data to Study Cancer Screening: Challenges and Opportunities
March 2016

Stephen Barnes, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Understanding Diet Factors That Affect Cancer Risk