All Posts: minority health

• Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention — Part of Washington’s Fabric

  Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s newly dedicated Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, with its quadrupling of health-focused staff, brings renewed hope that those who have been historically underserved in the Washington, DC, area will now have access to more cancer-related services and the potential of turning the tide on the high rate of cancer in the city.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer prevention, health disparities, health equity, minority health, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, underserved populations

• Adams-Campbell Selected for Top Award in Preventive Oncology

  (March 28, 2021) — Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, will receive the Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Preventive Oncology. The honor will be bestowed virtually on March 29 at the organization’s […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: faculty honors, health disparities, minority health, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research

• Glynda’s Story: A Chance to Advance Treatment for Aggressive Cancer

  (January 11, 2021) — Inspired by the kindness, proficiency and dedication of her health care team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Glynda Brown, a 52-year-old Maryland resident, felt determined to “pay it forward” and make a positive difference for future patients by participating in a clinical trial after she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, minority health, triple-negative breast cancer

• Lombardi at 50: Community Outreach to Reduce Health Disparities

  (March 5, 2020) — When Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research was created in 2008, its associate director, Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD — the nation’s first black female epidemiologist — had a clear vision of need about the work ahead within the community. “Georgetown can come to everyone but […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: 50th Anniversary, community outreach, health disparities, health equity, minority health, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research

• Palbociclib is Safe for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Unique Gene Alteration

  WASHINGTON (December 11, 2019) — Women who receive palbociclib (Ibrance®) to treat their advanced breast cancer and have a gene alteration that can lead to a condition known as benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN) can safely receive the drug without major concerns of developing infections associated with neutropenia, or low white blood cell counts, say Georgetown Lombardi […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, health disparities, minority health

• Lucile Adams-Campbell Honored for Life’s Work in Health Disparities

  April 19, 2015 — The world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), awarded Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD, associate director of minority health and disparities research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, with its 10th annual Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship. […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer research, faculty honors, health disparities, minority health

• Georgetown Minority Health Leader Named to National Cancer Policy Forum

  Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, a leader in minority health and health disparities research and associate dean for community health and outreach at Georgetown University Medical Center, has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s National Cancer Policy Forum.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: faculty honors, health disparities, minority health