"Community Engaged Research (CEnR) in Cancer Control among Pacific Islanders"

Speaker: Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Tanjasiri is a Professor in the Department of Health, Society and Behavior in the Program in Public Health at UC Irvine, and Associate Director of Cancer Health Equity and Community Engagement in the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC Irvine. Her research focuses on community health promotion to reduce cancer health disparities among diverse populations, particularly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Her work applies community-based participatory research (CBPR) to tobacco prevention and cessation, cancer early detection, and survivorship.

Key discussion points:

• Identify major strategies in CEnR
• Understand cancer epidemiology among Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
• Describe at least one current cancer health equity CEnR effort

CAB2: ChatnChew is a quarterly lecture series highlighting important cancer related information impacting diverse communities. This forum is open to the public and is hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) Office of Community Engagement (OCE).

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