Cancer Health Disparities Working Group

Mission Statement

Transformative oncology research practices utilizing a spectrum of implementation tactics aimed toward human and social interaction research to reduce health differences

Objectives

  • Foundational research on Health Disparities from the Molecule to the Community 
  • Omics data science approach, state of the art approach, innovative. 
  • Developing policy and recommendations to reducing health disparities

Co-Chair

Luisel Ricks-Santi, Ph.D.

Luisel Ricks-Santi, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida. She is a cancer genomics researcher, population scientist and cancer disparities researcher.

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