On this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Brian Rivers, the Director of the Cancer Health Equity Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).

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Dr. Rivers is the Director of the Cancer Health Equity Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). He is nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in cancer disparities research and a former member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NACMHD). Dr. Rivers is an active member in the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) community and regularly serves on the faculty for the Scientist to Survivor program.

More recently, Dr. Rivers served as Past-Chairperson for the Minorities in Cancer Research Council of the AACR and Conference Co-Chair for the 11th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Dr. Rivers is a behavioral scientist with a broad background in implementation science and public health, with specific training and expertise in methodologies commonly used to address health disparities, such as the “lay health model” and the “Community-based Participatory Research framework.” Dr. Rivers’ specific programs of research are focused on addressing prostate cancer disparities among African Americans and exploring the role of novel communication interventions, such as mobile health technology, to advance the recruitment science of medically underserved populations.

Dr. Rivers has worked to identify the sociocultural, behavioral, and environmental determinants of cancer health disparities and translated this information into interventions to improve cancer equity among racially diverse populations and medically underserved groups. Dr. Rivers has also developed several psychoeducational interventions for digital platforms such as health apps for mobile devices, to assist with the delivery of salient and tailored cancer research and clinical trials information to high risk groups for prostate cancer, such as African Americans.

Dr. Rivers is a Multiple-Principal Investigator for the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded PACHE U54 Cancer Research Partnership between MSM, Tuskegee University, and the University of Alabama-Birmingham O’Neil Comprehensive Cancer Center (UAB CCC). Dr. Rivers also serves as the Director of the Integrating Special Populations Core of the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) funded Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance.

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This is the Believe in Progress podcast hosted by the AACR Foundation, featuring Dr. Brian Rivers.

We hope you have enjoyed this enlightening episode of the "Believe in Progress Podcast," and want to express our heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Brian Rivers for joining us and sharing his invaluable insights into the realm of cancer health equity and disparities research. Dr. Rivers' dedication to advancing our understanding and addressing the critical issues surrounding cancer disparities is truly inspiring, reminding us of the importance of inclusive research and equitable healthcare practices.

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Please do not forget to visit www.aacr.org to make a donation or to find helpful information and resources. Together we can make progress in the fight against cancer and bring hope to those who need it most. 

Please don't forget, cancer research saves lives.

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