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Voices of Black Women with the American Cancer Society 

Join Facts and Faith Fridays for "Lift Every Voice" - A collective commitment to understanding and improving the health of Black women across the nation.

Meet the speakers

Dr. Lauren McCullough is the co-Principal Investigator for VOICES of Black Women. Her role at ACS is to contribute to the growth and diversity of ACS cohorts and lead scientific efforts in breast cancer, social epidemiology, and outcomes research. Her primary research interests are in cancer disparities and cancer outcomes. Her research goals are to improve cancer prognosis in marginalized populations using a multi-level approach to identify targets for pharmacologic, behavioral, and policy intervention. She earned her Bachelor in Arts from Vanderbilt University, her master of science in public health from Meharry Medical College, and her doctoral degree in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dr. Alpa Patel is the co-Principal Investigator for VOICES of Black Women. As the senior vice president of population science at the ACS and principal investigator of the ACS Cancer Prevention Studies (CPS), CPS-II and CPS-3, which are among the country’s largest population cohort studies, she provides strategic and operational oversight for the studies. Her research focuses on how physical activity, sedentary behavior, and obesity affect the risk of developing or dying from cancer. She earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, her Masters in public health from Emory University, and her doctoral degree in preventive medicine from the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine.

Questions? Contact Rachel Pierce at piercer2@vcu.edu or (804) 628-9154.