PECaD faculty and staff attended the 2019 International Cancer Education Conference in Salt Lake City from September 18-20. In a panel discussion, Dr. Bettina Drake presented “Community-based Prostate Cancer Education and Screening,” Dr. Vetta Sanders Thompson presented “Education to Support Community-based Participatory Cancer Research,” Marilyn Wilson presented “Community Outreach and Education Strategies: The Effectiveness of Hosting a Smart Health Community Education Day,” and Dr. Aimee James and Dr. Thompson presented “Engaging Rural Populations in Cancer Education and Outreach.”
The conference is hosted by the American Association for Cancer Education, the Cancer Patient Education Network, and the European Association for Cancer Education. Attendees include oncologists and other physicians, nurses, social workers, patient navigators, librarians, public health professionals, survivors, and more.