Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
January 2021

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

 Understanding Breast Cancer Disparities: Cells to Society
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
March 2017

Julie R. Palmer, Sc.D.
Boston University

 Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Black Women’s Health Study
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
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
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
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
February 2015

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

Transdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Cervical Cancer in Appalachia
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 2016

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

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