To celebrate its 100th episode, CANCER BUZZ talks to ACCC Board Member and Treasurer Dr. Nadine Barrett about her journey with the Association of Community Cancer Centers.
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To celebrate its 100th episode, CANCER BUZZ talks to ACCC Board Member and Treasurer Dr. Nadine Barrett about her journey with the Association—from submitting an article to ACCC’s peer-reviewed journal, to receiving a 2017 ACCCInnovator Award, to development of the ASCO-ACCC Just ASK™ implicit bias training. Dr. Barrett shares how ACCC is helping improve diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in our cancer programs and in patient care.
Guest:
Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
Director, Office of Health Equity and Disparities, Duke Cancer Institute
Director, Duke Community Connections Core, Duke CTSA
ACCC Treasurer
“ACCC is well positioned tomove us forward in advancing equity. ACCC provides the resources, the support, the infrastructure to help cancer centers—community cancer centers, but also comprehensive cancer centers…equity is at the forefront of what we do as an organization…ACCCcan reach populations and communities that have not been engaged historically.” — Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
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