Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
April 2022

Geoffrey Fong, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo (Canada)

 Advancing cancer prevention policies through research evidence: The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project
March 2022

Marjorie McCullough, Sc.D., R.D.
Senior Scientific Director, Epidemiology Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

 Adherence to Dietary and Lifestyle Guidelines and Cancer Risk and Survival
January 2022

Anant Madabhushi, Ph.D.
Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH

 Interpreter of Maladies - AI for Addressing Problems in Precision Oncology
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
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
November 2021

Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Chief, Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

 Addressing Breast Cancer Disparities in St Louis: From Population to Bench Science
November 2021

Cathy Bradley, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Deputy Director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO

 Cancer’s Financial Hardship: Opportunities for Policy and Practice
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
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
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