Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
April 2017

Steven D. Pearson, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.
Founder and President, Institute for Clinical Economic Review (ICER), Boston, MA

 If Medicare Were to Negotiate Drug Prices, How Would it Determine a ‘Fair’ Price for a Cancer Treatment?
April 2023
Natalia Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Natalia Rodriguez, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Population Health and Health Equity of Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University

 Human-centered Design of a Rapid HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Screening in Underserved Populations
April 2021

Ellen M. Daley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of South Florida College of Public Health

 HPV Vaccine Strategies in the US: Why Haven’t We Been More Successful?
January 2017

Victoria L. Champion, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Indiana University Simon Cancer Center

 How do I develop a program of Cancer Control Science that will make a difference?
September 2021

Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Annie Laurie Howard Research Distinguished Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, Director of the Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

 Healthy Living After Cancer: Translating What We Know into What We Do
January 2024
Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Professor of Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

 Health Care Tradition in Costa Rica
June 2015

Mindy S. Kurzer, Ph.D.
Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute, University of Minnesota

Green Tea: Can It Prevent Breast Cancer?
October 2015

Gwen Murphy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

 GI Hormones and Cancer: The Good, The Bad, and The Cholecystokinin
May 2021

Jessica Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Exercise Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 From Spaceflight to Cancer Therapy: The Next Frontier of Multisystem Toxicity Countermeasures
February 2018

Katharine L. Nathanson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA

 From Germline Genetics to Somatic Insights – The Evolving Landscape of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer