Women In Oncology

As the first-ever Black female president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers, Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MPH, understands the impact she will have on the next generation to come.

Female immigrant and Puerto Rican minority medical graduates experienced racial/ethnic and gender discrimination in the U.S. at higher rates than their male counterparts, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Successful medical conferences are built on a foundation that focuses on what goes on behind the scenes and provide invaluable experiences for conference organizers themselves, according to Christina Brown, MD, and Shikha Jain, MD, FACP.

American Cancer Society has awarded $28 million in new extramural discovery science research and career development grants to fund investigators across several U.S. institutions beginning in July 2024.

Elizabeth A. Comen, MD, majored in the history of science as an undergrad at Harvard University, which ignited her fascination with how the experience of illness and history is influenced by culture, religion, society and family narratives.

Several women oncologists will be honored during this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

The U.S. has witnessed an uptick in the number of minority medical school matriculants in recent years, but actions to retain and grow a diverse medical workforce remains scarce.

Sabrina Korentager, MSN, RN, BS, CLT-UE, never imagined a conversation with a cancer survivor would catapult her career from an oncology nurse to co-founding the Lymphedema Prevention Program at The University of Kansas Cancer Center.

Global progress in women as senior authors in cancer research remains modest compared with men, according to research published in BMJ Oncology.

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, has been appointed the new dean of translational research and therapeutic innovation at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine.