Disparities in Prostate Cancer: How Black Patients are Impacted

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This video is a recording of Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada's February 2024 Coast to Coast Support Group meeting held over Zoom.
Benny Rana is a health equity researcher at the University of Calgary. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB. Then she pursued a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK. After her Master of Public Health degree, she started working with the Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, where she was working on studies looking at modifiable lifestyle factors and cancer risk. She was heavily involved with studies looking at physical activity and cancer. With this new interest in physical activity, she decided to go back to graduate school and pursued a Master of Science in Kinesiology, focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion in exercise oncology. Benny's research interests include equity, diversity, and inclusion in cancer care. She is involved in the community, bringing awareness to and providing supportive cancer care services through Wellspring Alberta. Currently, she is working as a research assistant, focusing on health equity, for the Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary.
Benny is speaking here on Disparities in Prostate Cancer.
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