Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
May 2016

Sarah Gehlert, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis

The Effect of Social Influences on African-American Breast Cancer Patients
May 2016

Melinda L. Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Yale School of Medicine

Energy Balance Interventions: The New Adjuvant Therapy
May 2016

Nancy Krieger, Ph.D.
Boston University

Segregation, Jim Crow, Racism, Embodied History & the People’s Health: Implications for Cancer Registries, Research & Prevention
April 2016

Rolando Herrero, M.D.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

The IARC Research Program on Helicobacter Pylori and Gastric Neoplasia
April 2016

Ulrike Boehmer, Ph.D.
Boston University

Cancer and the LGBT Community: Reporting on an Understudied Population
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 2016

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

Understanding Diet Factors That Affect Cancer Risk
March 2016

Frank J. Penedo, Ph.D.
Northwestern University

Enhancing Standards of Cancer Care by Capturing Patient Experiences in Academic and Community Settings
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
February 2016

John F. McDonald, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology

An Integrated Approach to Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics and Personalized Therapy