Acs Research - Theorylab

Dr. Monica Webb Hooper is a leader in the field of cancer health disparities, internationally recognized for her tobacco research. She is Director of the Office of Cancer Disparities Research in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University. She is also Professor of Oncology, Family Medicine & Community Health and Psychological Sciences. 3:50 - What are cancer disparities? 6:09 – The listening tour her cancer center underwent to learn more about community health care needs, perceptions, desires, and experiences 8:29 – Tobacco-related health disparities and the unique role that stress has on ethnic and racial disparities 14:14 – Culturally specific interventions for African Americans, how to increase access to these interventions, and the challenges of keeping patients engaged using mobile applications 22:56 – How to find the web-based intervention, “Pathways to Freedom: Leading the Way to a Smoke-Free Community” 23:42 – The mission of the Tobacco Obesity Oncology Laboratory (T