Celebrating Black History Month

February 9, 2021, by CRCHD Staff

In recognition of Black History Month, we at the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities are pleased to share with you the following selection of papers and events on racism, racial injustice, health disparities and more. These papers and events have been published or held, respectively, within the last 12 months, and have often offered unique insights, perspectives and reflections on what has been an incredibly challenging year.

Please check back in on this post throughout the month, as new resources will be added over time.

For information about Black History Month efforts at NIH and HHS, visit the NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the HHS Office of Minority Health.

NCI/CRCHD

• CURE Scholar Dr. Jelani Zarif on a Time to Celebrate African Americans’ Contributions and Reflect on Past Plights
  Dialogue on Disparities, February 2021
   
• Black History Month Spotlight on CURE Scholar Dr. Tiffany Carson: Looking Back and Paying It Forward - Advancing the Science, the Landscape and the System
  Dialogue on Disparities, February 2021
   
• Black History Month Spotlight: Inspired by Hidden Figures, CURE Scholar Dr. Charles Rogers Embraces an Obligation to be Great
  Dialogue on Disparities, February 2021
   
• Training the next generation of cancer researchers: a new era for longstanding challenges
  Trends in Cancer, August 13, 2020
   
• Structural Racism in Academia and Medicine: A Conversation with CURE Scholar Dr. Rachel Issaka
  Dialogue on Disparities, November 6, 2020
   
• On His Shoulders: Dr. John Carpten Made History by Becoming the First African American to Serve as AACR Annual Meeting Program Chair
  Dialogue on Disparities, Dialogue on Disparities, February 25, 2020
   
• Continuing Our Work in the Time of Two Pandemics
  CCG Updates & Insights Blog, July 9, 2020
   
• NCI’s CURE Distinguished Scholar discusses epigenetics of liver cancer
  Healio, October 30, 2020
   

NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)/NIH Institutes

• From the EDI Director: 2021 Black History Month
  NIH EDI, January 29, 2021
   
• From the NIH Director: 2021 Black History Month
  NIH EDI, February 2, 2021
   
• NIMHD/NINR Joint Director’s Seminar: The Science of Structural Racism
  The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institute of Nursing Research, December 4, 2020
   

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

• AACR Virtual Annual Meeting 2020 - Special Session: Racism and Racial Inequality in Cancer Research
  AACR, June 30, 2020
   
• AACR Minorities in Cancer Research Membership Group Celebrates 20 Years of Progress
  AACR, December 2020
   
• AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report
  AACR, September 2020
   

Scientific Papers

• Addressing Systemic Racism Through Clinical Preventive Service Recommendations From the US Preventive Services Task Force
  JAMA, January 25, 2021
   
• A Piece of My Mind: Good for Us All
  JAMA, July 9, 2020
   
• We exist. We are your peers
  Nature Reviews, November 2020