- 2025 Cancer Health Equity Symposium
The California Consortium for Cancer Health Equity—led by USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and City of Hope—hosted a full day hybrid symposium on March 13, 2025, to enhance collaboration throughout Southern California’s cancer provider networks and produce actionable outcomes to address barriers and improve access to cancer screenings, treatment, and…Continue Reading 2025 Cancer Health Equity Symposium - Faith ‘N Cancer Equity Gospel Choir Concert Series
The USC Choices Lab joined Stand Up To Cancer and the USC Norris Community Outreach and Engagement team to host a series of Gospel Choir concerts at a number of churches across Los Angeles. The grant-funded project was designed and organized by Essence Wynter, MSW. The series focuses on bringing cancer awareness to African Americans…Continue Reading Faith ‘N Cancer Equity Gospel Choir Concert Series - Ralph Lauren Center opening at USC Norris
On October 9, we celebrated the official opening of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first Ralph Lauren Center on the West Coast. The Center will now proudly begin serving the Los Angeles community, focused on increasing access to high-quality cancer care and addressing disparities in risk and…Continue Reading Ralph Lauren Center opening at USC Norris - Hughes Halbert and Choices Lab present at AACR
Dr. Chanita Hughes Halbert and the entire USC Choices Lab attended and presented at the 2024 AACR Cancer Health Disparities Conference in Los Angeles, September 20-24, 2024. Dr. Hughes Halbert presented a talked titled “Translational research in social determinants of cancer health disparities” as well as moderating a panel on Structural Racism: Unraveling the Complex Web…Continue Reading Hughes Halbert and Choices Lab present at AACR - Choices Lab speaks to men about Prostate Cancer
On September 14, Evans Pope III, a Doctor of Pharmacy candidate at USC and a research assistant in the USC Choices Lab, co-led a breakout session with Mr. Alonzo Williams (aka The Godfather of Hip Hop) at the 2024 KJLH Men’s Empowerment Summit held at CSU Dominguez Hills. The title of the session was Brother to Brother: Let’s Talk…Continue Reading Choices Lab speaks to men about Prostate Cancer - USC Choices Lab out in the community
The USC Choices Lab worked with our colleagues in the Community Outreach and Engagement team at USC Norris, to host tables at community health and wellness fairs in South Los Angeles in August 2024. Staff from both teams were on hand to answer questions about cancer screenings, and promote educational materials aimed at cancer control…Continue Reading USC Choices Lab out in the community - Hughes Halbert and PhD student, Kelsie Campbell, present at American Cancer Society
Dr. Chanita Hughes Halbert and PhD student Kelsie Campbell presented a poster at the American Cancer Society’s Grantee meeting for the ACS Navigation Capacity Building Network. The team has been working with patient navigators at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, for the past two years. The Navigation Capacity-Building Initiative Grant Program is a component of the…Continue Reading Hughes Halbert and PhD student, Kelsie Campbell, present at American Cancer Society - Cancer Health Equity Symposium 2024
The California Consortium for Cancer Health Equity, led by USC Norris and City of Hope, hosted a full day hybrid symposium on February 15, 2024, to enhance collaboration throughout Southern California’s cancer provider networks and produce actionable outcomes to address barriers and improve access to cancer screenings, clinical trials, and high-quality care for underserved patients…Continue Reading Cancer Health Equity Symposium 2024 - New book on Cancer Health Disparities
Dr. Chanita Hughes Halbert has edited a new collection of research on cancer health disparities out now at Springer Books and Amazon. The field of cancer health disparities is now at a critical juncture where it is essential to move beyond descriptive information on determinants of disparities in cancer morbidity and mortality to translational studies that examine basic…Continue Reading New book on Cancer Health Disparities - Black cancer patients navigate racial discrimination during cancer care
A research team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, has added new knowledge about how Black patients in particular are impacted by exposure to discrimination in the course of cancer care. Through interviews with Black cancer survivors, the scientists found that…Continue Reading Black cancer patients navigate racial discrimination during cancer care - The new Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention will aim to reduce cancer disparities in underserved communities
Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert, the USC Norris cancer center’s inaugural associate director for cancer equity, will serve as the project director for the newly endowed Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention. “We’re grateful for this trust and funding from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation,” said Hughes-Halbert, who also serves as vice chair for research in the Department…Continue Reading The new Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention will aim to reduce cancer disparities in underserved communities - Dr. Hughes Halbert honored by the NBME
Dr. Hughes Halbert was honored by the National Board of Medical Examiners for her extraordinary service as a member of the NBME. Approximately 80 members of NBME Membership constitute the governing body, composed of individuals with responsibility and expertise in the health professions, medical education and evaluation, medical practices, and representatives of national professional organizations…Continue Reading Dr. Hughes Halbert honored by the NBME
These programs are open to all eligible individuals. The Community Health Outcomes, Innovation, Impact and Equity Studies Lab (CHOICES) operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.