What to know
As part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative, NCEH/ATSDR hosted a virtual conversation on July 16, 2024, titled "Enhancing the Understanding of Environmental Exposures in Cancer by Strengthening Clinical, Government, and Community Partnerships." The recordings are below.
Biden Cancer Moonshot: Community Conversations
Enhancing the Understanding of Environmental Exposures in Cancer by Strengthening Clinical, Government, and Community Partnerships
Description
During this event, panelists discussed approaches that can be taken to support connections between health officials, healthcare providers, patients & families, and their advocates to better understand and address concerns around cancer and the environment across communities in the United States. Discussion topics included trainings for healthcare providers, establishing patient information and referral centers, broadening approaches to examine cancer and environmental concerns in communities, resources and support from academic and non-governmental organization partners, and community perspectives and needs. Questions posed to panelists during the moderated discussion were informed by audience-submitted questions via the Zoom registration.
Featuring
Mark Miller, M.D., M.P.H.
Director Emeritus, Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU) & Lead, National PEHSU Childhood Cancer and the Environment Program & Associate Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Clifford S. Mitchell, M.S., M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Environmental Health Bureau, Maryland Department of Health
Nsedu (Nse) Obot Witherspoon, M.P.H.
Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
Michael Scheuer, Ph.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.
Sidney L. and Donald F. Faust Chair of Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology, Texas Children’s Cancer Center & Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine & Director, Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, Texas Children’s Cancer Center & Associate Director for Excellence in Cancer Equity, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Ctr
Charlie Smith
Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member, Trevor’s Trek Foundation
Marsha Wills-Karp, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering & Anna M. Baetjer Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering & Bloomberg Centennial Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Moderator: Aaron Bernstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Background
On February 2, 2022 President Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot and set new ambitious goals: to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent by 2047, preventing over 4 million cancer deaths, and improve the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer. President Biden announced a whole-of-government response, including the formation of a Cancer Cabinet to be convened by the White House, bringing together departments, agencies, and White House components to address cancer on multiple fronts. For more information on the incredible progress made to-date and to engage with the Biden Cancer Moonshot mission to end cancer as we know it visit: www.whitehouse.gov/cancermoonshot