Summer Online Symposia Series: Social Causes of Cancer with Mary Bashshur

This series is framed around the premise that many trends in cancer morbidity and mortality are driven by a complex array of anthropogenic risk factors. Through a discussion of our own experiences and ethical perspectives, we will identify optimal strategies to address these issues in both public health and clinical medicine. We hope for this series to be insightful and help illuminate the ways in which both cancer survivability and prevention can be improved to mitigate its burden on our population.

The symposia series moderator, Mary is a recent MPH graduate, starting medical school at the Tufts University School of Medicine this fall. She has a strong interest in bioethics and the influence of social determinants of health on cancer outcomes, particularly how vulnerable subpopulations have been shown to be disproportionately susceptible to higher incidence of the disease.

The first conversation in this series will be on Zoom on Wednesday, July 15th from 8-9 PM EDT. It will focus on The Social Causes of Cancer. Here are a few resources to help you get familiar with the topic:  

1. How We Do Harm (chapters 6 + 7) 
2. Ethical Considerations for Phase I Trials in Oncology
3. The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare