Lovell A. Jones

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• Autobiographical
• LinkedIn profile
• Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer
• Biography in The HistoryMakers
  Lovell A. Jones was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 08/14/2012.
• Coronavirus, Pubic Health, & Their Relationship to Health Inequities (3:37)
  Lovell Jones on health inequities and why they continue to be an issue. Recorded two years ago, his remarks illustrate why we should not be surprised at the inadequacy of our society's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the major disparities in its impact.
• GROW Unity Resources For Living (12:47)
  An Initiative launched by Lovell Jones, with the support of Unity In The Community, to change the way the United States addresses health and health inequities.
• Health Disparities, Education, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART) Consortium
  The mission of HDEART is to develop and maintain a consortium of academic universities and health-related institution as well as to access and utilize their expertise to address health disparities through collaboration, thereby strengthening each member institution’s capacity to address health disparities academically, socially, and through outstanding collaborative research efforts. Their annual summer workshop began in 2003 to provide an opportunity for HDEART member institutions, especially those in professional schools, to take the disparities course are a 6 day period and last year including a web steam viewed by thousands.
• Health disparities impact everyone: Lovell Jones, Ph.D., explains (2 min)
  (Archival page courtesy of the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine; the video was apparently not archived.)
• Honoring Dr. Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D., Winner of the Legacy of Leadership Award
  Hon. Ken Bentsen of Texas remarks in the Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 62 (Thursday, May 18, 2000) [Pages E765-E766]
• Intercultural Cancer Council
  The Intercultural Cancer Council promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories. (Archived page courtesy of the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.)
• International Leader in Minority Health Dr. Lovell Jones Awarded the E.E. Just Lecturer Award
  Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M Health, July 16, 2020
  The award was presented by the Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology.
• Lovell A. Jones, PhD, Oral History Interview at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  Dr. Lovell Jones (b. 12 January 1949, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) came to MD Anderson in 1980 to join the faculty of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine. He retired in 2013 and holds the title of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Disparities Research in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. Dr. Jones established his research reputation through his work on the role of synthetic estrogens in gynecologic cancers. Later he focused on health disparities research. He worked at MD Anderson and on the national stage to develop the understanding of “health equity.” He was responsible for developing minority health initiatives such as the Biennial Symposium Series on ‘Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer’ (’88), the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer (’95), the Inter-cultural Cancer Council, and the Health Disparities Education Awareness Research and Training Consortium ’02).
  
  Major Topics Covered:
  Personal and educational background; Evolution of awareness of minority issues and health disparity
  Evolution of research on the natural/synthetic estrogens and gynecologic cancers
  Development of combination therapies for ovarian cancer
  Overview of health inequity (health disparity) and minority health needs in the context of American culture, Texas, Houston, and MD Anderson
  Diversity at MD Anderson; climate for minorities; attitudes of leadership
• NBLIC history
  Origins of the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer and the Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Cancer, recounted by Lovell Jones in a September 16, 2017 email.
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