Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, assistant professor of medicine in the division of oncology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center was named the 2021 recipient of the Conquer Cancer Advanced Clinical Research Award for Diversity and Inclusion. The honor includes a three-year, $450,000 grant from Conquer Cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) foundation, to support her research into a patient-centered mobile health app to increase Black women’s participation in breast cancer clinical trials.
Research advances have led to more effective cancer treatments for breast cancer, but studies have shown that Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer compared to all other women in the United States, and they are less likely to be asked to join cancer research studies.
“The fundamental cause of racial inequities in health outcomes is systemic racism. The interplay of race, racism, gender, the built and social environment, and opportunity influence access to health care and may also have biological consequences,” said Charlot, who is assistant director of patient engaged research at UNC Lineberger.
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