Our Mission
The Cancer Care Equity Lab at USC aims to advance cancer health equity through health services research, implementation science, and translation of research findings to inform health care practice, community engagement, and policy change. The Cancer Care Equity Lab is led by Dr. Jennifer Tsui, Associate Professor at the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Director of Cancer Care Delivery Research at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Our current studies focus on identifying multilevel influences on cancer care and implementation of evidence-based strategies to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship through multidisciplinary, team-science and mixed methods approaches. We partner frequently with safety-net health care settings and other organizations serving multiethnic, medically underserved communities.
Recent Highlights
CA HPV Vaccination Roundtable 2024 Annual Meeting:
Dr. Jennifer Tsui and Morgan Gill attended the CA HPV Vaccination Roundtable Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California on December 4th. This meeting serves as an opportunity for Roundtable members to hear from key experts, celebrate the Roundtable’s successes, engage new members, and plan next steps. Morgan (pictured below) presented on adapting resources and tools for clinic staff to improve HPV vaccination encounters with Spanish-speaking parents as part of a NCI funded study (R37CA242541; PI: Tsui). During the Annual Meeting, Dr. Tsui was presented the CA HPV Vaccination Member of the Year Award. Congratulations, Dr. Tsui!
2024 NAPRG Annual Meeting:
Dr. Michelle Shin held an oral presentation in Quebec City, Canada at 2024 NAPCRG Annual Meeting on November 24th. She presented her abstract “Partnering with federally qualified health centers to increase cervical cancer screening guideline knowledge and confidence” as part of NRSA funded study (H8ICS46988; PI: Tsui). During the conference, Dr. Shin had the opportunity to link up with Dr. William Miller and Dr. Benjamin Crabtree, a frequent collaborator with the Cancer Care Equity Lab.
Award Announcement:
Dr. Garcia was recently awarded the Margaret Kersten Ponty Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Oncology Research at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Funds from this award will be used to support Dr. Garcia’s research in social capital and addressing cancer disparities among Latinx populations. Congratulations, Dr. Garcia!
APHA Annual Meeting and Expo
Emily Dang held an oral presentation in Minneapolis, Minnesota at APHA 2024 on October 27th. She presented her abstract “Co-designing clinic staff trainings to improve adolescent HPV vaccination within a large, multisite Federally Qualified Health Center serving predominantly Hispanic families” as part of NCI funded study (R37CA242541; PI: Tsui).
Contact
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
1441 Eastlake Ave., NTT
Los Angeles, CA 90089