Health Equity and Cancer: The Impact of Data Collection and Distribution

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Learning Objective: After participating in this session, attendees should be able to describe the impact of health equity and interpret the distribution of cancer-related data by examining the different factors involved in data collection.

Speakers:

• Emily Payne; Comprehensive Cancer Control Evaluation Lead at the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Disease Evaluation & Research
  
  She has over seven years of experience helping state and local programs translate data to action with expertise in overdose, harm reduction, and chronic disease. Her work has been published in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, Harm Reduction Journal, and American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
  
  
• Tabassum Insaf; Director of the Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology and Scientific Director of the NYS Cancer Registry - Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology
  
  In this role she oversees cancer surveillance and extramural research along with directing the scientific operations of the NYS cancer registry. She is the principal investigator for New York for both the National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s SEER program. Dr Insaf’s research areas include environmental and chronic disease epidemiology, small area surveillance, longitudinal and multilevel methods, spatial epidemiology, and geographic information systems. Dr. Insaf holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University at Albany and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.? She also has a medical degree (MBBS) from India and holds an academic appointment at the University at Albany School of Public Health.?

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