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URL:https://nachw.org/events/peer-colorectal/
SUMMARY:PEER Program to Educate\, Empower\, and Reach Communities: The Impo
 rtance of Colorectal Cancer Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join NACHW and our guests from Exact Sciences/Abbott as we shar
 e the PEER Program to Educate\, Empower\, and Reach Communities: The Impor
 tance of Colorectal Cancer Screening.\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n*Attendees 
 will receive a certificate of attendance for participation.*\n\nSPEAKERS I
 NCLUDE:\n\n 	Beth Thomas\, PharmD\, RPh is the Texas/New Mexico Medical Sc
 ience Liaison (MSL) for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. Beth has 17+ years of e
 xperience as a licensed pharmacist across various therapeutic areas such a
 s primary care\, endocrinology\, and women’s health. Previous practice s
 ettings include community pharmacy\, hospital outpatient\, managed care\, 
 and the medical device industry. Aware of significant racial and ethnic ca
 ncer disparities in the U.S.\, she is committed to supporting providers wi
 th unbiased information to help increase cancer screening\, where possible
 \, and drive early cancer detection.\n 	Tameka Payne brings 27 years of ex
 perience in public health leadership\, cancer control\, and disease preven
 tion across nonprofits\, health systems\, and cancer diagnostics. As Lead 
 Manager of Health Equity &amp\; Access Programs at Exact Sciences (now Abb
 ott) Cancer Diagnostics\, she drives initiatives that advance cancer scree
 ning\, education\, and early detection. Previously\, she spent 16 years wi
 th the American Cancer Society leading cancer control strategies for healt
 h systems\, community development\, and patient programs across the Wester
 n United States. She is also a certified Health Literacy Specialist.\n 	Ch
 ristian Sheppard is a certified CHW and Oncology Patient Navigator with al
 most 20 years of healthcare experience. She works with the Colorectal Canc
 er Prevention Network at the University of South Carolina. supporting colo
 rectal cancer screening across federally qualified health centers and free
  clinics in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Her work centers on patient edu
 cation\, navigation\, and advancing health equity through community trust 
 and patient choice.\n\nRegister HERE
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