Paskett Elected to AACR Board of Directors | OSUCCC – James [Video]

Electra Paskett, PhD, deputy director for population sciences and community outreach at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James), has been elected to a three-year term on the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Board of Directors. Her term will start April 8 at the AACR Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Founded in 1907, the AACR is the first and largest cancer research organization dedicated to accelerating the conquest of cancer. It includes more than 58,000 members in 141 countries and territories who are dedicated to the AACR mission to prevent and cure all cancers through research, education, communication, collaboration, science policy and advocacy, and funding for cancer research.

Paskett serves as a founding director of the Center for Cancer Health Equity at the OSUCCC – James and holds the Marion N. Rowley Designated Chair in Cancer Research. She has made major contributions to improving public health and health care by conducting research that has enabled her and colleagues to design interventions that help people prevent or reduce the burden of cancer – particularly in racial and ethnic-minority groups and underserved populations.

Her heavily funded research program, which is nationally recognized for studying cancer health disparities, uses a team approach to understanding and intervening in improving cancer prevention and control interventions and concerns cancer survivors experience.