Studying Cancer Health Disparities in the Multiethnic Cohort Study
a free online ARCS Pauhana talk by the 2020 ARCS Honolulu Scientist of the Year
DR. LOIC LE MARCHAND Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Director for Ethnic Diversity University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center
Thursday, July 1, 5 p.m.
Register to receive he Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/ARCShnl-Pauhana
The Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study follows more than 215,000 residents of Hawai‘i and California for development of cancer and other chronic diseases. The cohort includes men and women of five main ethnic groups: Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, African American, Latinx and Caucasian. The study seeks to understand factors responsible for differences in cancer occurrence among ethnic/racial populations, contribute to correcting cancer health disparities and prevent cancer and other chronic diseases in all populations.
Dr. Le Marchand has been principal investigator since 2012. After completing medical training in France, Le Marchand served as a volunteer physician in West Africa and the South Pacific before earning his master’s and PhD in public health at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He has published more than 780 peer-reviewed articles and served as a senior editor for the American Association for Cancer Research journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention since 2011.
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