Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control in the College of Medicine, a professor in the Division of Epidemiolog
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
1590 N High Street
Suite 525
Columbus, OH
USA 43210

Biographical Sketch: Electra D. Paskett, PhD is the Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control in the College of Medicine, a professor in the Division of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health and the Associate Director for Population Sciences and Program Leader of the Cancer Control Program in the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Ohio State University (OSU). She is also Director of the Diversity Enhancement Program at the James Cancer Hospital. Dr. Paskett’s research is directed at cancer prevention, early detection and survivorship issues specifically among underserved populations. Dr. Paskett is the Principal Investigator of an NCI-funded P50, Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, to examine why rates of cervical cancer are high in Appalachia Ohio and was the Principal Investigator of the Ohio Patient Navigator Research Program. Dr. Paskett was elected as a Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2004. She is the past-President of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, a member of the NIH EPIC study section and chair of the Health Disparities Committee of the Alliance for Cooperative Trials in Oncology (ALLIANCE).

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