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Vickie L. Shavers, Ph.D.
The National Cancer Institute
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Dr. Shavers is an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute where she focuses on health disparities and health services research. She received her BBA in Marketing from the University of Iowa in 1990, a MS in Preventive Medicine in 1993 and a PhD in Preventive Medicine/Epidemiology in 1999 also from the University of Iowa. While at the University of Iowa, Dr. Shavers participated as a research assistant or principle investigator on a number of studies including studies that examined residential radon exposure and female lung cancer, familial aggregation of prostate cancer, pesticide contamination of rural well water, urban/rural differences in the detection and treatment of breast cancer and a study that examined factors that impede African American participation in medical research studies. While a doctoral candidate in 1997 she accepted a position as a chronic disease epidemiologist with the Eugene DuPont Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute of the Christiana Care Hospital Systems in Wilmington, DE where she focused on community health risk assessment, survey research design and program evaluation. She left Christiana Care in 1999 to complete postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins where she focused on cancer prevention and control. Since joining NCI in 2000 Dr. Shavers has had several peer reviewed publications in the area of health disparities including studies that examine racial/ethnic differences in the receipt of treatment for breast, prostate, and head and neck cancers, perceived access to care and the prevalence of behavioral risks, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity among African Americans. Her current research interests include, the role of discrimination in the receipt of health care, racial/ethnic variation in cancer risk factors, racial/ethnic differences in receipt of appropriate care, factors that influence racial/ethnic variation in cancer incidence and outcomes, minority access to health care services, and health disparities. Other interests include mentoring and increasing the representation of minority scientists among NIH funded investigators.
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