Theresa Byrd, Dr.PH is Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Public Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Byrd received a BSN from the University of Arizona and worked as a public health nurse for several years before obtaining her MPH from UCLA. She worked in Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico for three years serving marginalized populations with basic public health needs, and then received a Dr.PH from the University of Texas School of Public Health, where she worked as a faculty member for almost 20 years. Dr. Byrd’s research is focused on cancer prevention and screening, especially cervical and colorectal cancer. She led the development and testing of the AMIGAS program, an intervention to increase cervical cancer screening in Hispanic populations that has been adopted by the CDC as a recommended intervention. Her research has been funded by NCI, CDC and the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.
Lunch will be provided for the first 20 attendees