Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with, Julie Dang, Ph.D., Executive Director for The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, and Magali Garcia Cisneros, Health Education Specialist for Peach Tree Health to discuss a new cervical cancer study nicknamed HEALIX. The primary goal of HEALIX is to reduce cervical cancer disparities among underrepresented and underserved women by increasing uptake of the HPV vaccine and Pap testing. You can find out more about the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Visit Peach Tree Health on Instagram @ipickpeach, via Facebook, and online. You can also contact them by phone at 530-749-3242.

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Jenifer Cooreman, L.C.S.W. and Certified Sex Therapist to discuss sexual wellness and cancer. Jena has specialty certification in oncology social work with 20 years of experience in mental health and medical social work. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings, including our topic for today, sexual wellness and cancer. You can find out more about our social workers and our Supportive Oncology and Survivorship Services here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Laura Fejerman, Ph.D., who is the Placer Breast Cancer Endowed Chair at the Cancer Center, the associate director for the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, and also co-director for both the Women's Cancer Care and Research Program and the Latinos United for Cancer Health Advancement Initiative. We discuss her work with the community and how her programs work to reduce the cancer burden in underserved communities. Read more about the promotores program here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Megan Ober, OCN, who is specialty trained in cannabis nursing, to talk about the use of cannabis within cancer treatment. We'll discuss myths and ways to have a conversation with your oncologist. Please note this episode is for educational purposes only, always consult your oncology care team any time you consider making changes to your care plan.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center child life specialists Jenny Belke, Mackenzie Lee, and Marisa Martinez to talk about the role child life specialists play in caring for our pediatric cancer patients. Learn more about the Child Life Program here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Gerardo Mackenzie, Dr. Cassandra Nguyen, and Charlotte Kerber to discuss food insecurity and its role in cancer care. Our guests have begun a pilot program with the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To contact Dr. Mackenzie or Dr. Nguyen, please visit the UC Davis Department of Nutrition.

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Mamta Parikh, a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠⁠. Also joining the conversation are Jesse and Beverly Campbell. Jesse is a patient of Dr. Parikh and talks about his experience with urothelial cancer and the clinical trials he participated in. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on the Campbell's book, visit https://gorhamprinting.com/book/my-journey-to-survive.

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Shehnaz Hussain, molecular epidemiologist and Associate Director of Population Sciences at the ⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠ to discuss her study on wildfire smoke and how it leads to increased risk of cancer among firefighters. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠.

To learn more about Dr. Hussain's research study, visit: https://studypages.com/s/california-firefighter-cancer-research-study-215220/?ref=gallery