Scarlett L. Gomez, PhD, MPH
AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities

Scarlett L. Gomez, PhD, MPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Co-Leader, Cancer Control Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California

For visionary contributions that have illuminated understudied cancer disparities among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations. Her leadership in advancing the understanding of structural and social determinants of cancer inequities and her transformative contributions to cancer surveillance, including the development of innovative epidemiologic tools and data systems has helped to inform cancer prevention and control efforts across diverse communities.

The AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities 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. To learn more please visit the press release.

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