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Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD

Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD

Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington D.C.

Class of 2021

Scientific Areas of Expertise: Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials; Clinical Epidemiology; Energy Balance and Breast Cancer

For eminent contributions to the fields of cancer epidemiology, prevention, and health disparities including her quintessential leadership of the Black Women’s Health Study and the NCI-funded National Capital Area Minority/Underserved NCORP. These initiatives have resulted in the identification of various factors capable of affecting a person’s risk for developing cancer and have increased the number of black participants in clinical trials.

An internationally recognized expert in minority health and disparities research, Dr. Adams-Campbell has endowed the fields of cancer epidemiology, prevention, and health disparities with numerous eminent contributions. Through her quintessential leadership of the Black Women’s Health Study and the NCI-funded National Capital Area Minority/Underserved Community Oncology Research Program, she has spearheaded important initiatives that have resulted in the identification of numerous factors capable of affecting a person’s risk of developing cancer and diabetes and has importantly led to increased numbers of black participants in clinical trials.

Dr. Adams-Campbell has served a four-year term on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Human Genome Research Institute and is the appointed Chair of the Health Disparities Committee for the Alliance Clinical Trials for Oncology Research Base. She has marshalled several large epidemiological cohort studies of African American women and minority groups including the Boston University Black Women’s Health Study, representing the largest study of African American women to date dedicated to assessing risk factors for cancers and other major illnesses.

Devoted to improving cancer and health disparities, Dr. Adams-Campbell currently oversees the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, a community-based patient navigation and screening program that serves as a vital cancer resource for underserved communities in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. As the first African American female in the country to earn a doctoral degree in epidemiology, with decades of scientific accomplishments in cancer disparities and public health, and over 250 peer reviewed publications, Dr. Adams-Campbell serves as a leading light in mitigating cancer disparities through participant diversity, inclusion efforts, research, and advocacy.

Selected Awards and Honors

2021 Champion, Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
2021 Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Distinguished Achievement Award, American Society of Preventive Oncology, Indianapolis, Indiana
2019 Aileen O’Brien Graef Speaker Award, National Prevention Day, University of Virginia Health System and Less Cancer, Washington, DC
2018 Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian Magazine, Washington, DC
2015 AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 Elected Member, Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, United States Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, Virginia
2013 225th Anniversary Medallion, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2011 Leadership in Research Award, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
2010 Gold Medallion for Significant Contributor to Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2009 ~ Washington DC Hall of Fame, Washington DC Hall of Fame Society, Washington, DC
2009 Leadership Award, Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, DC
2008 Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC
2004 AACR Distinguished Service Award, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1993 Elected Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, Raleigh, North Carolina