Beat Cancer

Hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Julie Dang of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Dang is the Executive Director of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement and is co-chair of the California HPV Vaccination Roundtable’s Engaging Health Systems and Providers Workgroup. Dr. Dang is also a cancer health disparities behavioral researcher with over a decade of e...

Host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Annemarie Hargadon and Dr. Mook-Lan Iglowitz of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Annemarie Hargadon is board certified in internal medicine with subspecialty board certification in palliative medicine and hospice. As a clinical staff physician in the Supportive Medicine Clinic, Dr. Hargadon focuses on improving the quality of life for people living...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Rebecca Ann Brooks of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Brooks is the Division Director for Gynecologic Oncology at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and is an expert in the comprehensive medical and surgical care of women with uterine, ovarian, cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers, and gestational trophoblastic disease....

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. R. Lor Randall of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Randall is the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC Davis Health with his clinical practice and research focusing on musculoskeletal surgical oncology and on building leading-edge trans-disciplinary teams to combat rare cancers of connective tissue in children...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Moon S. Chen, Jr., Ph. D., M.P.H. of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Chen is a nationally renowned expert in cancer health disparities, particularly as they affect Asian-American populations. He is the Cancer Center's Associate Director for Cancer Control, leading a research portfolio that addresses cancer risk determinants and t...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Elisa Tong, M.D. and Cari Shulkin, R.N. of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Tong is the Medical Director for the Stop Tobacco Program at the Cancer Center and works closely with tobacco treatment partners in UC Davis Health Management Education and Kick It California. Dr. Tong's research interests are in tobacco control policy and...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Andrew Birkeland of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center . Dr. Birkeland focuses on providing care for all benign and malignant head and neck tumors and has specialized training and a particular interest in microvascular reconstructive surgery and transoral robotic surgery. Dr. Birkeland’s research focus is translating novel clinical an...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Orwa Aboud, a Neuro-Oncologist treating patients with a variety of primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma and low-grade gliomas to discuss advances in treatments as well as signs and symptoms patients should be aware of when it comes to cancers of the brain. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://heal...

Co-hosts Stephanie Winn and Chris Joyce sit down with Dr. Primo Lara, Director of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, Calif. to discuss what it means to be a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center as well as some of the elements that make UC Davis the premiere comprehensive cancer center in Northern California. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehe...