Centering Equity in Cancer Research Series

This quarterly webinar series, Centering Equity in Cancer Research, is hosted by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. The series is designed to highlight health equity research including innovative measures and methodologies, resiliency approaches, and solutions for overcoming obstacles to health.

Invited speakers will discuss the current state of the science, innovative measures and methodologies, gaps in current scientific knowledge, and challenges and opportunities to advance the science and health equity.

Presentation topics may address the following:

• Structural, institutional, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health disparities and associated mechanisms
• Community and population assets, resilience approaches, and solutions for overcoming obstacles to health disparities
• The lived experiences and cultural identities of populations who have been historically marginalized
• Transdisciplinary and innovative approaches that incorporate a health equity lens or conduct health equity research

Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Amanda Acevedo, PhD, Program Director in the Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch of the Behavior Research Program

Michelle Doose, PhD, MPH, Program Director in the NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship

Note: This is a rebrand of the Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities Webinar Series. Check out previous webinar content here: https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/events/understudied-pops-webinar/