Karen Winkfield: Dr. John Carpten pays homage to the late Dr. Edith Mitchell at AACR24

Karen Winkfield shared on X/Twitter:

“Dr. John Carpten, Cancer Center Director of City of Hope, Chair of National Cancer Advisory Board of NCI
pays homage to the late Dr. Edith Mitchell from Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center as he opens the AACR24 session on molecular profiling in breast cancer and racial/ethnic minorities dedicated to her memory…

Thank you, AACR for honoring her memory. Achieving cancer equity will require all-hands-on-deck. We can do so much more collectively!!”

Source: Karen Winkfield/X

Karen Winkfield is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine at Meharry Medical College. She is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, a strategic partnership between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Winkfield was appointed by President Joe Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board in 2021, where she will serve a six-year term and help guide federal initiatives that focus on cancer. She is a member of the ASCO Board. She is a recipient of The One Hundred Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Women Leaning the Way to Wellness Award from the American Cancer Society and Health Hero Award for Advocacy.