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The Tom Ficklin Radio Show: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith and Dr. Roy S. Herbst

Name: The Tom Ficklin Radio Show: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith and Dr. Roy S. Herbst
Start: 2020-11-09T16:00:00.0000000Z
End: 2020-11-09T17:00:00.0000000Z
Location: Yale University

WNHH 103.5 FM

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The Tom Ficklin Radio Show, the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI), and their AME Zion Church Cultural Ambassadors for Research at Yale, have launched a new partnership to raise awareness in the minority community on health promotion topics and how to access cutting-edge clinical research.

Topic: Yale Researchers Discuss Cancer Diagnoses and Screenings in Communities of Color Monday, November 9, 2020 at 11 am, WNHH 103.5 FM

Drs. Nunez-Smith and Herbst will discuss the disproportionate impact of cancer diagnoses on communities of color, risk factors for cancer, the importance of on-time screening for cancer, advances in cancer screening modalities, and advances in life- extending cancer therapeutics.

Speakers

Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), of Epidemiology (Chronic Disease) and of Public Health (Social And Behavioral Sciences) & Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Director, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC), Yale School of Medicine; Director, Center for Research Engagement (CRE); Director, Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity; Deputy Director for Health Equity Research and Workforce Development, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Director, Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Pharmacology; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center; Chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital; Assistant Dean for Translational Research, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital; Program Director, Master of Health Science - Clinical Investigation Track (MHS-CI)

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Tamika Hollis

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Free

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