Cancer Disparities Symposium

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center invites the campus community to the second annual Cancer Disparities Symposium Friday, March 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building auditorium and atrium. This year’s event is themed “Taking it to the Streets: Where Cancer Disparities Research and Community Intersect.” The event will build upon the progress of the 2017 symposium, showcasing cutting-edge research, with a focus on reducing and eliminating disparities in cancer, going from bench to bedside to community and back. Highlights of the 2018 symposium include:

• Two keynote presentations by a nationally recognized researcher and a community leader;
• Sessions organized around two themes: Structural and Social Determinants, and Cancer Disparities Across Populations;
• A poster session highlighting academic research and community programs;
• A networking session; and
• An all-attendee forum

Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, associate director of minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, will give the scientific keynote, titled “Effect of Exercise on Metabolic Syndrome in Black Women by Family History and Predicted Risk of Breast Cancer: The FIERCE Study.” Frances Mills, director of the Cleveland Office of Minority Health at the Cleveland Department of Public Health, will give the community keynote, titled “Cancer in the City of Cleveland: Emerging Themes from Community Conversations.” Participants are eligible to receive six Continuing Research Education credits. There is no cost to attend. Attendees are asked to pre-register online. Learn more about the event online at cancer.case.edu/research/initiatives/cancer-disparities/events/cancer-disparities-symp-2018/.