CANCELLED 

Cancer Prevention Dialogue Series
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Kresge 502, Harvard School of Public Health
Speaker: Otis Brawley, MD

As part of DF/HCC’s Cancer Prevention Dialogue series, Dr. Otis Brawley will be speaking on issues related to cancer disparities, such as cancer outcomes and how to equalize treatment differences.

Dr. Otis Brawley is the American Cancer Society’s recently appointed Chief Medical Officer. A practicing oncologist, he has served as professor of Hematology and Oncology and Epidemiology at Emory University, as medical director of the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and as deputy director for cancer control at Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. Previously, Dr. Brawley served in a variety of capacities at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), with his most recent NCI position as that of director of the Office of Special Populations Research. He is a renowned leader in the field of health disparities research. He led the National Cancer Institute Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial and also focuses his clinical research on breast cancer.

Sponsored by DF/HCC’s Cancer Disparities Research Program