Beat Cancer

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Moon S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D., M.P.H. of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Chen is a nationally renowned expert in cancer health disparities, particularly as they affect Asian-American populations. He is the Cancer Center's Associate Director for Cancer Control, leading a research portfolio that addresses cancer risk determinants and their mitigation in human populations. He also co-leads the Population Sciences and Health Disparities research program for the Cancer Center. To find out more about the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, visit https://ucdavis.health/ocoe. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer.

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Elisa Tong, M.D. and Cari Shulkin, R.N. of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Tong is the Medical Director for the Stop Tobacco Program at the Cancer Center and works closely with tobacco treatment partners in UC Davis Health Management Education and Kick It California. Dr. Tong's research interests are in tobacco control policy and cessation, with special interests in health services delivery of tobacco treatment, interventions to address tobacco and cancer disparities, and the behavioral impact of smoke and tobacco-free policies. Cari Shulkin is board-certified in cardiac vascular nursing, and as a tobacco treatment specialist. Her primary focus is tobacco cessation education as well as self-management of heart and lung disease. To access health education classes at UC Davis Health, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/livinghealthy/. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer.

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Andrew Birkeland of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Birkeland focuses on providing care for all benign and malignant head and neck tumors and has specialized training and a particular interest in microvascular reconstructive surgery and transoral robotic surgery. Dr. Birkeland’s research focus is translating novel clinical and basic research findings directly to patient care by utilizing next-generation sequencing, immune profiling, biomarker identification, and animal models to understand the causes of, and treatments for, head and neck cancers. His aim is to advance precision medicine by providing personalized, optimized treatments for each head and neck cancer patient. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer.

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Orwa Aboud, a Neuro-Oncologist treating patients with a variety of primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma and low-grade gliomas to discuss advances in treatments as well as signs and symptoms patients should be aware of when it comes to cancers of the brain. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer.

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Primo Lara, Director of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, Calif. to discuss what it means to be a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center as well as some of the elements that make UC Davis the premiere comprehensive cancer center in Northern California. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer.