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President's Theme 2024-2025

Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Equity in Research at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health, was named president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) on Friday, March 1 at the ACCC 50th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (#AMCCBS), where oncology professionals gathered to discuss the convergence of business, policy, and technology in cancer care.

Dr. Barrett announced that her theme for the 2024-2025 year will be Reimagining Community Engagement and Equity in Cancer.

“When I was growing up…community engagement, learning from people and listening to hear people’s stories, their narratives and their experience was always a critical part of what my family taught me was important,” Dr. Barrett shared. “And I’ve taken that work and that knowledge and that understanding into being a person that really focuses on community outreach, engagement, and the opportunity to use that to advance equity in health.”

 

Dr. Barrett gave the entire ACCC family, community, and team a call to action: “[put] the patient and the community center in the work that we do…and continue to move forward in advancing equity in cancer [care].”

The content below includes contributions that address Dr. Barrett’s theme and provide a good perspective.


A Discussion on Palliative Care in Oncology

In this expert-led discussion facilitated by ACCC President Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, FACCC, hear thought leaders discuss unique palliative care considerations for Black, Hispanic, and geriatric patients, how cultural beliefs, values, and preferences influence palliative care and interventions and best practices to successfully address disparities in palliative care.

Two Presidents. Two Themes. One Goal.

Related Resources

In this empowering conversation about a shared organizational goal to advance equitable cancer care, ACCC President Dr. Nadine J. Barrett and AACI President Dr. Robert A. Winn discuss the science behind outreach engagement and how you can begin to contribute to the conversation in your community.

 

From the ACCCBuzz Blog

Cancer Buzz Podcasts

Missing Voices: Increasing Black Women’s Engagement in Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Treatment - [Podcast] Ep 178

February 6, 2025
In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Manraj Kaur, PhD and Andrea Pusic, MD about the imPROVE study’s efforts to enhance Black women’s engagement in ePROs in breast cancer treatment.

Live from NOC: The Hawaiʻi Cancer Consortium

Oct 16, 2024

CANCERBUZZ speaks with Dr. Naoto Ueno about his NOC session titled The Hawaiʻi Cancer Consortium: An Equitable Clinical Trials Initiative.

Live from NOC: Navigating Access and Equity

Oct 16, 2024
CANCERBUZZ speaks with Melanie Grant about her NOC session titled Navigating Access and Equity: Providing the Answers That Matter
Live from NOC: Enhancing Cancer Research Through Patient Advocacy
Oct 16, 2024
CANCERBUZZ speaks with ACCC President Dr. Nadine Barrett about this year's NOC theme: Realizing Innovation. Listen to what's new in conversations and oncology.

 

Live from NOC: Culturally Tailored Survivorship Care


Oct 16, 2024
CANCERBUZZ speaks with Magbis Nunez Love about her NOC session titled Renacer: Culturally Tailored, Patient-Centered Survivorship Care Improves Access and Outcomes.

 

From Oncology Issues

  • Action
    ACORI recently hosted the Community Oncology Inclusive Clinical Trial Design Summit to address issues limiting equitable and diverse enrollment in clinical trials.
  • Healthcare With Community in Its DNA
    By Rania Emara
    Montefiore Health System’s Community Health Worker Institute has mobilized a workforce of local community experts with the potential to change the way health care systems nationwide approach social drivers of health and health equity.
  • 2024 Trending Now in Cancer Care-Part 1
    By Monique J. Marino and Rachel Radwan
    Insight and discussions from the ACCC 50th #AMCCBS Summit in 4 key areas: collaborative care delivery models, community engagement in cancer prevention and education, workforce challenges, and the delivery of comprehensive cancer care services.
  • President Message
    By Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, FACCC
    Highlights from a conversation between 2024-2025 ACCC President Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, FACCC, and AACI President Robert Winn, MD, about the partnership and purpose shared by the two organizations.
  • Addressing Social Determinants of Health through a Medical-Legal Partnership
    Allison L. Held and Molly Hunold
    Through a collaboration between legal and healthcare professionals, this Virginia based medical-legal partnership assists patients with cancer resolve social and environmental factors that contribute to health disparities.
  • Population Health Navigators: An Innovative Approach for Supporting Underserved Patients
    Carla Strom, MLA
    A trailblazing Winston-Salem based cancer center successfully created and developed the role of a population health navigator to address the unique needs of various underserved communities.
  • Real-World Lessons from COVID-19: Driving Oncology Care Forward
    Amanda Patton, MA
    Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and from healthcare organizations actively engaged in assessing care delivery through the lens of health equity can serve as guideposts for the oncology community on the path to making cancer care more equitable.
  • Center for Indigenous Cancer Research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Amanda Patton, MA
    One important step toward supporting the health of Indigenous Peoples was the opening of the Center for Indigenous Cancer Research (CICR) at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in January 2020. Its mission: to reduce the impact of cancer on Indigenous communities regionally, nationally, and internationally.
  • Going the Distance Bringing Cancer Care to the Navajo Nation
    Amy Hindman
    When people are diagnosed with cancer on the Navajo Nation—a 27,000-square-mile expanse of land that extends into Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico—many of them must travel hundreds of miles to receive even the most basic cancer treatment. Now, a small team of community leaders and national experts are working to change the situation.

News & Media

5 questions with ACCC’s first-ever Black female president, Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MPH
Healio, June 11, 2024