NCI Holds Seminar With Columbia Experts Re Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Cancer Survival
To view the archived videocast of this seminar, held on Wed., Nov. 30, 2005, visit http://videocast.nih.gov. Once on the site, select "Past Events." Then click on "Special" and scroll between pages of event listings (organized by date) and select the following video:
National Cancer Institute - Columbia University Medical Center Science Writers’ Seminar Wednesday, November 30, 2005
H. Freeman, I.B. Weinstein, A. Neugut, D. Hershman, R. Santella and V. Grann Total Running Time: 02:02:58
Agenda:
Bernard Weinstein, M.D. (HICCC) – Welcome. Introduction to the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and its focus as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center Dr. Bernard Weinstein is the Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He is also professor of genetics and development at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and professor of public health at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is an Attending Physician at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia.
Alfred I. Neugut, M.D., Ph.D., MPH (HICCC) – Overview of racial/ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes Dr. Alfred Neugut is the Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research in Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He is also professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, as well as head of Cancer Prevention and Control for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, and co-director of the Cancer Prevention Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia.
Dawn L. Hershman, M.D., M.S. (HICCC) – Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer treatment Dr. Dawn Hershman is assistant professor of medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Division of Medical Oncology. Additionally, she is co-director of the Breast Program for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia.
Regina M. Santella, Ph.D. (HICCC) – Disparities and differences in tumor biology Dr. Regina Santella is professor of environmental health sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University Medical Center, where she is also director of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan, director of the Molecular Epidemiology Program and Biomarkers Core Facility of the Cancer Center and director of the Jean Sindab African American Breast Cancer Project.
Victor R. Grann, M.D., MPH (HICCC) – Community outreach programs; value of clinical trials and barriers to recruitment Dr. Victor Grann is clinical professor of medicine and epidemiology and health policy and management at the College of Physicians & Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center. He is also director of health outcomes research and directs the recruitment, retention, and outcomes core at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Harold Freeman, M.D. (NCI) – NCI’s Patient Navigator program and how it assists underserved populations Dr. Harold Freeman was associate director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and director of NCI's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, until September 2005. He is currently senior advisor to the NCI Director on minority and underserved communities. He is also medical director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in New York, NY, and a professor of clinical surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Q&A
*Learn more about the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center by visiting: http://www.ccc.columbia.edu/
MEDIA CONTACT: Elizabeth Streich Columbia University Medical Center 212-305-6535 eas2125@columbia.edu