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NCI Reaches Out to Minority Journalists
Earlier this year, NCI's Office of Communications began a minority
communications initiative to create an information pipeline between NCI and
minority media outlets. As part of that effort, NCI participated in the recent
UNITY 2004 conference for journalists of color, held August 4-8 in Washington,
D.C. More than 8,000 Hispanic, African American, Asian American, and Native
American media professionals attended the conference. NCI's goal for the
conference was to encourage minority media to communicate cancer news and
issues to their audiences.NCI's Office of Communications sponsored an exhibit
booth at UNITY 2004. Approximately 400 reporters, editors, producers, and
editorial and opinion writers who wanted to learn more about NCI's work and its
role in the cancer research continuum visited the booth, where they could
select from a number of NCI educational and informational publications and
watch a video presentation on the NCI Frederick campus. Media visiting the NCI
booth included representatives from the New York Times, Washington Post, Knight
Ridder, Black Entertainment Television, Univision, and various other outlets
including academia and smaller targeted publications.
Behavioral Research Program Leadership Changes
Dr. Linda Nebeling has been appointed the new acting associate director for
behavioral research in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
(DCCPS), leaving her post as branch chief for the Health Promotion Research
Branch (HPRB). She has been the leader of HPRB since 1998, and before joining
DCCPS, was a nutritionist and cancer prevention fellow in the former NCI
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Dr. Nebeling replaces Dr. Scott
Leischow, branch chief for NCI's Tobacco Control Research Branch and former
acting associate director for behavioral research, who is performing a 4- to
6-month detail to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services, to facilitate the planning and implementation of trans-agency tobacco
control initiatives. Dr. Louise Mâsse, a psychometrician with expertise in
exercise psychology, succeeds Dr. Nebeling to serve as acting branch chief for
HPRB. Dr. Gary Kreps will leave his position as branch chief for the DCCPS
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch to accept a position as
endowed chair and tenured professor of health communication and chair of the
Department of Communication at George Mason University. Dr. Brad Hesse, a
senior health communication scientist, will serve as acting branch chief.
Gerberding to Speak at NCI
On Thursday, September 16, NCI will present a talk by Dr. Julie Louise
Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The
lecture, titled "Cancer Prevention and Obesity - How the Energy Balance
Initiative Can Tip the Scales," will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in Masur
Auditorium, Bldg. 10, on the NIH campus. Dr. Gerberding will provide an
overview of the obesity epidemic and its implications for cancer research. She
will also discuss CDC's new research initiatives and the need for increased
collaboration with NCI, industry, and other partners. The lecture, featured as
part of the NCI Director's Seminar Series, will be Webcast at
http://videocast.nih.gov. Sign language interpreters will be provided. For more
information, visit http://cancer.gov/directorscorner.
Blair Receives Environmental Epidemiology Award
Dr. Aaron Blair, chief of NCI's Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Branch, received the 2003 John Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Environmental Epidemiology. The award, presented by the International Society
for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), honors Dr. John Goldsmith, one of the
organization's founders and early leaders, and recognizes environmental
epidemiologists who serve as role models for excellence in research, unwavering
promotion of environmental health, and scientific integrity. Dr. Blair was one
of two recipients this year. The awards were presented at the ISEE annual
meeting, held August 1-4 in New York City. Dr. Blair received his Ph.D. in
genetics from North Carolina State University and an M.P.H. in epidemiology
from the University of North Carolina. He joined NCI as a Staff Fellow in 1976,
was appointed to head the Occupational Studies Section in 1978, and became its
branch chief when the group was elevated to branch status in 1996.
NCI Cancer Bulletin Publication Break
The NCI Cancer Bulletin
will not be published on August 24 or 31. We will resume publication on our
usual schedule with the September 7 issue.
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