CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS (SELECTED)

Conferences & Lectures (2025)

• Keystone Symposium Conference on Tumor Metabolism: Environmental Influences and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities – Keynote Speaker. March 2025 Embodiment: The Influence of Societal Stressors on Cancer Outcomes

• 50th Annual North Carolina American Indian Unity Conference – South Eastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP). March 2025

• AACI Catchment Area Data Excellence Conference – Utilizing Catchment Area Data to Inform Cancer Clinical Trials. January 2025

Conferences & Lectures (2024)

• AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities – Affordability and Receipt of BRCA Testing Among Ovarian Cancer Patients. September 2024

• Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) Distinguished Lecture Series – Cultural Racism as a Driver of Health Disparities. September 2024

• Moffit Grand Rounds Population Health – Cultural Racism as a Driver of Health Disparities. June 2024

• 49th Annual North Carolina American Indian Unity Conference – South Eastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP). March 2024

• National Cancer Centre Singapore Invited Lecture – Global is Local: Centering Equity at the Frontiers of Global Oncology. November 2024

Conferences & Lectures (2023)

• Duke Roybal Center – Social Determinants of Health in Resilience Research. 2023

• UNC Paul Godley Health Equity Research Week – Updates from SAICEP Partnership Research. 2023

• UNC Places, Environment and Health Symposium – Cultural Racism and Health. 2023

• AACR Annual Meeting, Opening Plenary – To the Moon and Back: Centering Equity at the Frontiers of Cancer Science and Medicine. 2023

• NIEHS Seminar – Mechanisms for Novel and Established Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Nigeria. 2023

• 48th Annual North Carolina American Indian Unity Conference – South Eastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP). March 2023

• SEER Investigators Meeting 50th Anniversary Conference – The ORCHiD Study. 2023

Conferences & Lectures (2022)

• AACR Rivkin Ovarian Cancer Symposium. September 2022

• National Cancer Institute Webinar Series – Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities. May 2022

• Cancer and Evolution Catalysis Meeting – Race in the Context of Evolutionary Biology and Social Determinants of Health. Duke Cancer Institute, March 2022

• Duke Research Week Panelist – Reproductive Health and Addressing Challenges in Delivering Care for Underserved Areas. February 2022

• Duke Cancer Institute Annual Retreat, Keynote Speaker – Catalyzing Community-Engaged Cancer Research in the DCI Catchment Area. February 2022

Conferences & Lectures (2021)

• "What’s Best for Breast?" Virtual Community Conference – A Conversation with Clinicians. October 2021

• AACR Science of Cancer Health Disparities Invited Panelist – Biology of Aggressive Cancer in Women of African Descent. October 2021

• Huntsman Cancer Institute & Health System Innovation and Research – Characterizing Access to Healthcare Among Black, Hispanic, and White Cancer Survivors. June 2021

• Graduate & Professional Student Government Ladies Luncheon – Breast Cancer Awareness. September 2021

• Duke 100 Centennial Trail Blazers Dr. Tomi Akinyemiju. Tomi Akinyemiju - Duke Centennial

• Duke University School of Medicine. What Comes Next: Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health | Duke University School of Medicine

• Mary Ann Black Symposium. WNCN-TV (Raleigh, NC) - My Carolina

• MaryAnn Black Distinguished Health Equity Symposium | CBS 17

• Duke University School of Medicine. Climate Change and Health | Duke University School of Medicine

• Duke Global Health Institute. Closing a Racial Divide in Cancer Care

• NCI Annual Plan and Budget Proposal for FY 2021 Profile. https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/budget/plan/2021-annual-plan-budget-proposal.pdf

• Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership. http://dukecancerinstitute.org/news/new-directions-dci-unc-wake-forest-partner-nc-indigenous-communities-cancer-health

• The Hill- Changing America Series: Black Patients More Likely to be Diagnosed with Late Stage Lung Cancer, Regardless of Income, Education Level

• Duke Cancer Institute Profile: Dissecting Disparities in Cancer Outcomes 

• Cancer Health Equity NOW podcast. The Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership - SAICEP

• Healio News. Low Area-level Income, Education Linked to Higher Odds of Late-stage Lung Cancer Diagnosis

• Duke Cancer Institute. Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes Erased by Equal Access to Top Treatments

• AACR Profile. Black Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immunotherapy May Fare Better Than White Patients

• Newsweek. Poor People 'Have Worst Lung Cancer Survival Rates,' Research Shows

• ASCO Post. Black Patients With Advanced NSCLC Receiving Immunotherapy May Have a Lower Risk of Death Than White Patients

• US News. Access to Top Drugs Makes the Difference for Black Lung Cancer Patients

• Scientific American. We Must Improve Equity in Cancer Screening

• California Partnership for Access to Treatment. Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Survival Rates can be Mitigated by Providing Equal Treatment Access

• ABC news. As Cancer Deaths Fall Nationally, Racial Disparities Still Exist

• WRAL/ABC11. Princess Kate's diagnosis raises concern for rising cancers cases among young people