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CBCC honors patient navigation pioneer at gift of life breakfast
At the 10th Annual Gift of Life breakfast, more than 200 supporters of the Capital Breast Care Center gathered at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel to celebrate the…
October 17, 2017
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Adams-Campbell joins the national human genome research institute board of scientific counselors
Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD, associate director of minority health and health disparities research and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center,…
September 14, 2016
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Taking on a crisis in D.C. — Oral health in underserved communities
In January 2007, Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old African-American boy in Maryland, came home from school complaining about a headache, caused by an infected tooth. Less than two…
January 23, 2016
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Addressing oral health in D.C.
Haunted by the needless death of a local child, a Georgetown researcher is taking on oral health disparities in Washington, D.C., aided by a $1.2 million grant from the George E.…
January 10, 2016
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Lucile Adams-Campbell honored for life’s work in health disparities
The world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research, the AACR, awarded Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD, associate director of minority…
April 19, 2015
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AACR’s Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship Honors Scientific Work and Mentorship of Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell
Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology, associate director of minority health and disparities research, and associate dean of community health and outreach at the…
March 19, 2015
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Exercise protects against aggressive breast cancer in African-American women
A professor of oncology and associate director for minority health and health disparities at Georgetown Lombardi, Adams-Campbell leads the cancer center’s Office of Minority…
January 2, 2015
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Georgetown opens office of minority health & health disparities research in SE Washington
WASHINGTON – With a focus on conducting community-based research to address vast disparities in cancer outcomes in the nation’s capital, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer…
January 1, 2015