Speaker: Chiranjeev Dash, MBBS, MPH, PhD

Dr. Dash is Associate Professor of Oncology and Biostatistics in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, and Director of Cancer Screening at the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, all at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research, with a dual focus on community engagement and effective implementation, and including multidisciplinary translational team science spanning domains of molecular epidemiology, health disparities to clinical trials, and health promotion, has been supported primarily by the NCI, CDC, as well as other federal, foundation, and industry sponsors.

His grand rounds talk will highlight a spectrum of community-engaged approaches using cancer prevention examples from his own research and that of his colleagues.

Clinical and Translational Research Grand Rounds are sponsored by the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) and its partner institutions (Georgetown and Howard Universities, MedStar Health Research Institute, the Washington DC VAMC, and OakRidge National Lab) to bring together our clinical and research communities to share research that spans disciplines and stages of translation to improve individual and community health.

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