All Posts:underserved populations

• Georgetown Lombardi Faculty Members Aim To Improve Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Rates by Focusing on Equity in Care

  Kathryn Taylor, PhD, professor of oncology, believes she can have no greater impact on reducing the burden of cancer than by focusing on the harms of tobacco use. The work she co-leads with Randi Williams, PhD, assistant professor of oncology, as part of the Lung Screening, Tobacco, and Health (LSTH) research lab at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is especially impactful on underserved communities, who are often the target of tobacco product marketing.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, cancer screening, early detection, health disparities, health equity, lung cancer, lung cancer screening, racial disparities, smoking cessation, tobacco control, underserved populations

• 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