National Cancer Prevention Workshop

National Cancer Prevention Workshop

The CDC projects an almost 50% increase in cancer incidences by 2050, but close to half of all cancers are preventable. Join Less Cancer for their annual National Cancer Prevention Workshop, where you will hear from several experts about the various environmental factors and contaminants leading to an increase in cancer risk worldwide, and how certain healthy lifestyle choices can reduce your own cancer risk.

Episodes

July 24, 2022 21 mins

William U. "Bill Couzens, Founder and President, Less Cancer | Miles O'Brien, Chairman, Less Cancer Board of Directors; Science Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

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Wendy Sewak, Program Manager, Continuing Medical Education, University of Virginia | Dr. Jann Balmer, PhD, RN, FACEHP, Vice President, Less Cancer Board of Directors; Director, Continuing Medical Education, University of Virginia

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Rep. Debbie Dingell (Michigan, 12th District) U.S. House of Representatives; Sponsor, The National Cancer Prevention Caucus; Co-sponsor, PFAS Action Act | Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan, 6th District), U.S. House of Representatives; Co-sponsor, PFAS Action Act

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Rep. Paul D. Tonko (New York, 20th District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Dr. Mona Hanna Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, Founder and Director, Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative; Author, What the Eyes Don't See

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Rep. Dan Kildee (Michigan, 5th District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Rep. Ro Khanna (California, 17th District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Erik D. Olson, Senior Strategic Director, Health and Food, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

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Dr. Veena Singla, Senior Scientist, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, NRDC | Wilma Subra, President, Subra Company; Scientist, Louisiana Environmental Action Network | Sherri White-Williamson, Environmental Justice Policy Director, North Carolina Conservation Network | Dr. Ami R. Zota, ScD, MS, Associate Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC | Emily Donovan, Clean Cape Fear, Wilmington, NC | Antho...

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Rep. Don Beyer (Virginia, 8th District), U.S. House of Representatives | Donna Eacho, MBA< Treasurer, Less Cancer Board of Directors

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, 5th District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Nsedu Witherspoon MPH, Executive Director, Children's Environmental Health Network | Polly Hoppin, Research Professor, Program Director, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

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Dr. Kathyrn Reid, PhD, RN, FNP-C, CNL, Associate Professor of Nursing and Lead Nurse Planner, School of Nursing Continuing Education, University of Virginia | Kathleen Haden, MSN, RN, ANP, Nurse, Surgical Oncology, University of Virginia and Martha Thomas, MS, Genetic Counseling and Cancer Screening, UVAHealth

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Rep. Chris Pappas (New Hampshire, 1st District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Dr. Priscilla Martizner, MPhil, PhD, Principal Investigator, Alcohol Research Group and Co-founder, Drink Less for Your Breasts | Dr. Raime Eck, PhD, MPH, MPA, CPH, Former Cancer Research Training Award Fellow, National Cancer Institute; Past President & Advocacy Committee Co-chair, Maryland Public Health Association; Founder and Principal, Sonsira Solutions | Dr. Sharima Rasanayagam, PhD, Director of Science, Breast Cancer Pre...

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Senator John Cornyn, Texas, U.S. Senate

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Rep. Michael C. Burgess, MD (Texas, 26th District), U.S. House of Representatives

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Dr. John Whyte, MD, MPH, Medical Director, WebMD and Author, Take Control of Your Cancer Risk | Dr. Jann Balmer, PhD, RN, FACEHP, Vice President, Less Cancer Board of Directors; Director, Continuing Medical Education, University of Virginia

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July 24, 2022 19 mins

Dr. Vanessa Shami, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound,  Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Medical Center

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Tabitha Brown, Actress and Vegan Lifestyle Leader

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