A Rationale for Exploring the Role of Biology in Cancer Health Disparities

John D. Carpten, PhD Professor, USC Department of Urology Chair, USC Department of Translational Genomics Director, USC Institute for Translational Genomics Director, USC Molecular Genomics Core Co-Leader, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Southern California

Videostreaming: https://bit.ly/UFHCC-GR-CarptenJ 

Event info: https://cancer.ufl.edu/events/ufhcc-lectures/

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

1. Explain how population heterogeneity can occur at the race and ancestry levels, which are independent yet highly related concepts. 

2. Describe how DNA repair pathway perturbations extend to the ATR pathway in triple negative breast cancer.