Today, the American Cancer Society Society released our 2024 Cancer Facts and Figures report. The data reveal that over 2 million NEW cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. These findings underscore the importance of cancer prevention & screening. pressroom.cancer.org/acs-cff-2024

The DCI COEE team is thrilled to be hosting the MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium featuring Dr. Mary T. Bassett on Feb 9th 2024 at the Durham Convention Center. For those who registered for the event, be sure to mark your calendars! Duke Cancer Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Just a few tickets left! #DukeCTSI is proud to co-sponsor the MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium. ➡️Register duke.is/v/sbtu 📅Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. 📍Durham Convention Center

Congrats to Duke Radiology's own, Dr. Imarhia Enogieru, for being recognized with the 2024 Brenda Armstrong Award for her efforts during residency and fellowship to enhance diversity and push for inclusion! #diversity #inclusion Duke University School of Medicine Duke Health ow.ly/7x0h50QvOG3

Embracing Indigenous Wisdom in Evidence Based Cancer Prevention: A Path of Collaboration, Respect, and Insight on Duke’s Voyage — 2/7. More: learn.unclcn.org/02072024

#DukeCTSI was proud to co-sponsor the sold out MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium! A terrific afternoon of networking and knowledge-sharing, featuring our Research #Equity and #Diversity Initiative (READI) team and our partnership with Durham Tech.

Dr. Allison Taylor’s work focuses on exploring factors that influence clinical outcomes in patients with hematologic malignancies, esp among those from under-represented backgrounds. Read more of her story as part of our #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight series bit.ly/3uDextZ

As part of Duke University's centennial celebration, Duke Cancer hosted the 2nd annual MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium. A clinical social worker for 30yrs, the late MaryAnn Black, MSW, LCSW, served the Duke & Durham community for many years. dukecancerinstitute.org/blogs/maryann-…

Congratulations to CTSI's Community Engaged Research Initiative team on their award for the poster, "Facilitating CEnR: African Methodist Episcopal Zion HEAL Model for Health Equity Advocates and Liaisons," at the MaryAnn Black Symposium! 📰: duke.is/9/wn26

“I’m sure next month will be less busy” Next month:

Evelyn Vázquez, PhD, MS (she/ella) The greatest problem I saw was as an immigrant you could never take a break. Even more academia is unforgiving. If you had to take care of a loved one, got burnt out and you took a break, its over! That is often counted as "non-productive". While your counterparts may do very

We love celebrating excellence in women’s health research!! 🎉 Congrats to Tori Chanenchuk, Ebun Olunuga, & May Gao for their outstanding contributions & well-deserved awards at the recent Women’s Health Research Review event! 👏

Lung cancer screening rates are very low, w racial disparities evident among those receiving #lungcancerscreening. Neelima Navuluri, MD, PhD, Duke Department of Medicine & other #lungcancer experts recommend system-based interventions to address the problem. Via ajmc bit.ly/3YexvCW

DCI COE #healthdisparities #racialdisparities #genomictesting

Join DCI's Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity office for the MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium. This event reinforces Duke’s commitment to meaningful community engagement. 📆 Friday, Feb. 7 | 3-6:30 p.m. duke.is/5/qxr3 Duke Health | Duke University