Suzanne Christopher, PhD
Promoting
Cervical Cancer Health on the Crow Reservation:
A Community-Based Research Approach (video)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
 Suzanne Christopher has a doctorate in Health Education and Health Behavior from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked extensively with the Crow Nation in Montana using Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and is the Co-Director of the Montana Consortium for Community based Research in Health.
She currently has two NIH grants as well as a $1.5 million CBPR grant from the American Cancer Society to work with the Crow Nation addressing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to cervical cancer screening.
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr. Christopher’s biography at Montana State University
Eighth
Annual Littlefield Leadership Lecture
Friday
September 21, 2007
CHDI is proud to be a Special Partner
for the Littlefield
Leadership Lecture through the School
of Nursing.
Presenters at the Eighth Annual Littlefield
Leadership Lecture:
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr. Villarruel’s biography at University of Michigan
Dr. Underwood’s biography at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Dr. Ward’s biography at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dr. Schroepfer’s biography at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Harold P. Freeman, MD
Poverty, Culture and Social Injustice: Determinants of Cancer Disparities (video)
Wednesday April 18, 2007
 Dr. Freeman is a senior advisor to the Director of the National Cancer Institute ( NCI) and former Director of The NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. He currently serves as Medical Director of The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in New York City. Dr. Freeman has been a leader in the field of health disparities since the 1980’s. He is the chief architect of the American Cancer Society’s initiative on cancer in the poor and is a leading authority on the interrelationships between race, poverty, and cancer. He is also Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and has been honored with myriad distinctions and awards.
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr. Freeman’s biography at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Dr. Freeman’s biography at The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care
Relevant reading:
Determinants of Cancer Disparities: Barriers to Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Gregory Talavera, MD, MPH
Cultural Perspectives in Cancer Control Among Latinos (video)
Wednesday March 14, 2007
 Dr. Talavera is a bilingual, bicultural physician with experience in preventive medicine, public health, and cancer control. He is currently responsible for a $9.7 million research grant from The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a longitudinal study of Latino health. Among his research interests are culture-specific beliefs that serve as assets or barriers to chronic disease prevention and control. He is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, at San Diego State University, where he is also co-director of the Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies.
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr. Talavera’s biography at San Diego State University
SDSU Awarded $9.7 Million Contract for National Hispanic Community Health Study
Relevant reading:
Redes En Accion: increasing Hispanic participation in cancer research, training, and awareness
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