Cancer and COVID-19: Indigenous Virtual Fireside Chat
Friday, April 3, 2020, 6 – 7:30pm
Join experts from around the world for a live fireside chat to learn about Indigenous cancer care and COVID-19.
Experts will discuss both western perspectives of care for infectious disease as well as traditional and cultural means of prevention, care and survivorship.
Moderator
Regan Jacobs
Kahnawake Mohawk
Executive Producer/Director – Akwesasne TV.
Founder of First Nations TV, Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
Founder of First Nations TV, Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
Expert Panel
Seneca/Beaver Clan
Director, Center for Indigenous Cancer Research,
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Evan Adams, MD
Tla’amin First Nation
First Nations Health Authority – Chief Medical Officer/ First Nations, Canada
Patrick Linson, MD
Taos Pueblo Nation
Radiation Oncologist, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, Vista, California
Native Hawaiian
Director of Radiation Oncology Residency Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Nina Scott, PhD
Maori
Clinical Director Maori Public Health, Waikato District Health Board, New Zealand
Kristine Rhodes, MPH
Anishinaabe, Fond du Lac and Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Chief Executive Officer,
American Indian Cancer Foundation
American Indian Cancer Foundation
Dorothy Rhoades, MD, MPH
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Director of American Indian Cancer Research Initiatives,
Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Amanda Bruegl, MD, MS
Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology,
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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