Over the last 5 years the NIH-funded Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities have used transdisciplinary science within a multi-level framework to understand and address cancer health disparities in underserved and minority populations across the United States. The Centers each focus on different cancer sites in different population groups; however, all centers have approached the problem of excess cancer risk from "cells to society."



In this session, the results from 4 centers will be presented which will be focused in the areas of breast, prostate, and cervical cancer. Additionally, the framework of the centers will be described, and a discussion of how this framework can be used in future research to address and intervene to reduce cancer health disparities will be presented.
Forum: A New Paradigm for Understanding Excess Cancer Risk in Underserved and Minority Populations: The Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities Experience

Richard B. Warnecke. University of Illinois, Chicaco, IL

Timothy R. Rebbeck. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Sarah Gehlert. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Electra D. Paskett. The Ohio State Univ. Comp. Cancer Ctr., Columbus, OH,