Achieving Equity in Cancer Pain Management Webinar Series

  1. Behavioral Research Program
  2. Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch (BBPSB)
  3. Multimorbidity and Cancer Control
  4. Achieving Equity in Cancer Pain Management Webinar Series
Achieving Equity in Cancer Pain Management

This webinar series takes a multilevel perspective to examine the factors that individually and jointly affect disparities in the quality and outcomes of cancer pain management, and it considers approaches to reduce the unequal burden of suffering. The series is co-hosted by the NCI Behavioral Research Program and Healthcare Delivery Research Program.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

November 17, 2022: Toward equity in cancer pain management for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations

Speakers

Michael McNeil, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, St. Jude Global Palliative Care Program
Clinical Instructor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Michelle Fortier, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Ph.D. Program
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
University of California, Irvine
Co-Director, University of California Irvine’s Center on Stress & Health

Carla Strom, M.L.A.

Assistant Director of Operations
Office of Cancer Health Equity
Wake Forest Baptist Health

October 22, 2021: Psychological barriers to equitable evaluation and management of cancer pain

Speakers

Peter Mende-Siedlecki, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Delaware

Nao Hagiwara, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University

Lauren Hamel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Oncology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan

July 12, 2021: Healthcare System Approaches to Achieve Equity in Cancer Pain Management

Speakers

Karen Winkfield, M.D., Ph.D.

Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Radiation Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Niharika Dixit, M.D.

Associate Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Medical Director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program

Medical Director, Cancer Survivorship and Navigation Program

UCSF at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Simon Craddock Lee, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Population & Data Sciences

Co-Leader, Population Science & Cancer Control

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

April 9, 2021: Policy Approaches to Achieving Equity in Cancer Pain Management: Narrowing the Gap

Speakers

Salimah H. Meghani, Ph.D., M.B.E., R.N., F.A.A.N.

“Opioid Epidemic and Cancer Pain Care: Lessons from Converting Policies into Practice"

Professor of Nursing & Term Chair of Palliative Care

Associate Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health

Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

University of Pennsylvania

Suzanne Marmo, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., A.P.H.S.W.-C.

“Structural Inequity and Cancer Pain management policy: A Social Work Perspective”

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Sacred Heart University

Jonathan Purtle, Dr.P.H., M.Sc.

Associate Professor at Drexel University

Dornsife School of Public Health

March 1, 2021: Multilevel Approaches to Achieving Equity in Cancer Pain Management

Speakers

Darrell M. Gray, II, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.G.

Associate Professor
College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
Medical Director, Healthy Communities, OSUWMC
Chair, Health Equity Steering Committee, OSUWMC
Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity, OSUCCC-The James Cancer Hospital

Louis A. Penner, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Department of Oncology
School of Medicine
Wayne State University
Population Studies and Disparities Research Program
Karmanos Cancer Institute

Judith Paice, Ph.D., R.N.

Director, Cancer Pain Program
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Research Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University