November 12, 2022:

Cheryl L. Knott, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, as well as Co-Leader of the Population Science Program and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Translational Behavioral Medicine.

December 8, 2022:

Ali Ajrouch, MD, is a thoracic oncology post doctoral fellow at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Ajrouch’s current research focuses on improving outcomes in lung cancer patients. This includes improving health disparity by increasing access to lung cancer screening and early detection, identifying factors delaying patient care, incorporating novel technologies to personalize treatments and understanding treatment side effects.

November 29, 2022:

By Nasser Hanna, M.D.

Since it’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month, I’d like to tell you about an initiative that we started at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer. It’s called End Lung Cancer Now, and we recently wrapped up what we called a “gathering.” The event included guest speakers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, N.Y.), St. Elizabeth Healthcare (Edgewood, Ky.), and Baptist Memorial Health Care (Memphis, Tenn.) and nearly 100 people who share the desire to end lung cancer—now.