AACR names distinguished lectureship on cancer health disparities awardee
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Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, has been awarded the 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.
Odedina received the lectureship award — which recognizes an investigator whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer health disparities — during the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, according to a press release.
Her research focus is on understanding and addressing inequities experienced by Black men with cancer across the cancer care continuum.
Odedina is the enterprise deputy director for community outreach and engagement as well as professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, and serves as co-director of the African Clinical Trials Consortium and interim co-director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research.
She has been a member of AACR since 1998 and is currently a member of the AACR’s Cancer Prevention Working Group and AACR Population Sciences Working Group as well as the AACR Minorities in Cancer Research and AACR Women in Cancer Research constituency groups.
The lectureship recognizes Odedina for her seminal research in understanding and implementing community-based behavioral interventions to improve the health of minority populations, her dedication to facilitating and promoting clinical trial participation among underserved and underrepresented populations, and her leadership in training the next generation of health equity investigators, according to the release. “Initiatives like these have brought about a deeper understanding of forces that drive cancer disparities,” Odedina said during her award lecture at the meeting. “But in order to put that understanding into practice, researchers need deep, authentic relationships with patients from underserved communities. The community must be at the table, with equal power.”
References:
- AACR Cancer Health Disparities Conference kicks off with diverse speakers. Available at: https://www.aacr.org/blog/2023/10/02/aacr-cancer-health-disparities-conference-kicks-off-with-diverse-speakers/. Published Oct. 2, 2023. Accessed Oct. 10, 2023.
- Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, recognized with 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities (press release). Available at: https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/news-releases/folakemi-t-odedina-phd-recognized-with-2023-aacr-distinguished-lectureship-on-the-science-of-cancer-health-disparities/. Published Sept. 29, 2023. Accessed Oct. 10, 2023.
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