Hughes-Halbert: Integrating Social Determinants of Health into Biostatistics Research and Practice

Chanita Hughes-Halbert: “Integrating Social Determinants of Health into
Biostatistics Research and Practice”
The goal of Dr. Hughes-Halbert’s research program is to improve the precision of multilevel strategies for achieving health equity by identifying diverse determinants of minority health and cancer health disparities and by translating this information into sustainable interventions in clinic and community-based settings to improve cancer outcomes and chronic disease management in disparity populations in local and regional geographic areas. Dr. Hughes-Halbert is a nationally recognized expert in cancer prevention and control among diverse populations and her research is supported by numerous grants from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the Veteran’s Affairs Medicine Center. Previously, she was a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors at the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute Advisory Council. Dr. Hughes-Halbert is a past recipient of the AACR Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Health Disparities Award and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.