Bettina Drake
Washington University in St Louis, MO·Public Health & Epidemiology
Cancer does not strike all communities equally. Across the 82 Missouri and Illinois counties served by Siteman Cancer Center, 15% of residents live in rural areas and 29% live in Medically Underserved Areas, places with limited access to health services.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Medicine & Clinical Research
- Topics
cancer disparities
health disparities
community outreach
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jun 2027
What they work on
- Monitor and evaluate cancer burden and differences in screening, mortality and morbidity across 82 Missouri and Illinois counties, comparing rural communities and Medically Underserved Areas.
- Accelerate outreach, education and clinical resources in partnership with communities and a community advisory board to reduce cancer burden across the Siteman Cancer Center catchment area.
- Support community-based cancer research and promote clinical trial participation through continuous evaluation, education and a clinical studies outreach team.
More about the research
The region has a high cancer burden overall, with more late-stage diagnoses and high cancer death rates. Many counties rank in the worst US quarter for deaths from breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancer. This work aims to ensure that every patient and community in the region can benefit from advances in cancer care and research.
Why it matters
People in rural and medically underserved parts of Missouri and Illinois have high rates of late-stage cancer diagnosis and high death rates from breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancer. Tracking where screening and outcomes fall short, expanding community outreach, and increasing clinical trial participation could help these communities get earlier diagnoses and better access to new cancer treatments.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway
University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE·Public Health & Epidemiology
Measure and monitor cancer incidence, mortality, risk factors, community needs and disparities across Nebraska's urban, rural and frontier counties over time.
Rayne Rouce
Baylor College of Medicine, TX·Medicine & Clinical Research
Establish a standing research, education and outreach alliance between the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Texas Southern University, with coordinating offices at both institutions and shared research resources.
Li Li
University of Virginia, VA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Identify how biological, behavioral and socioeconomic factors combine to drive differences in cancer risk and outcomes among populations in the largely rural University of Virginia Cancer Center region.
The school
Washington University in St Louis: 97 labs on PI Pages, $1.2B a year on research, 365 research doctorates a year.
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