National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) Working Groups

Ad Hoc Working Group on Strategic Approaches and Opportunities for Research on Cancer Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations

Function Statement

The National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) ad hoc Subcommittee on Population Science, Epidemiology and Disparities will convene an ad hoc Working Group that will advise on strategic approaches and opportunities for research on cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations. The NCAB ad hoc Subcommittee has identified this area of focus as having high potential impact on reducing health disparities. The Working Group is charged with identifying and evaluating the current status, barriers to progress, new potential strategic approaches to better address cancer research on racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations, and potential actions to implement the new strategic research approaches effectively.

Working Group membership will include participants of the NCAB ad hoc Subcommittee, as well as participants from the scientific community with appropriate expertise.

The Working Group will advise the NCAB ad hoc Subcommittee on Population Science, Epidemiology and Disparities and the National Cancer Advisory Board.

Reports

Final Working Group Report, December 2022 (PDF)

Roster

Co-Chairs

Chyke A. Doubeni, M.D., M.P.H
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Director, DEI
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief Health Equity Officer, Wexner Medical Center
Director, Center for Health Equity
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Elena Martinez, Ph.D.
Sam M. Walton Endowed Chair for Cancer Research
Professor
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
Associate Director
Population Sciences, Disparities, and Community Engagement
University of California, San Diego
Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California

Electra Paskett, Ph.D.
Marion N. Rowley Professor and Cancer Research
Director
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Members

Melissa L. Bondy, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Co-Director, Center for Population Health Sciences
Associate Director for Population Sciences
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, California

Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D.
Professor
Auburn Community Cancer Endowed Chair in Basic Science
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Bettina F. Drake, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Science
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Jeffrey A. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H.
President and CEO
Black Hills Center for American Indian Health
Rapid City, South Dakota

Chanita Ann Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Research and Professor
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Associate Director for Cancer Equity
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Karen E. Knudsen, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society, Inc.
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Chief
Section of Breast Surgery
Director
Interdisciplinary Breast Program
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Augusto C. Ochoa, M.D.
Director
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Colin Weekes, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Medical Pancreas Cancer Research
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Cheryl L. Willman, M.D.
Executive Director
Mayo Clinic Cancer Programs: Mayo Rochester/Midwest, Mayo Arizona, Mayo Florida, London, and Abu Dhabi
Director
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Executive Secretary

Philip Castle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health