Aug 22, 2022 10:00 AM
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Author: Garrett Harding

Huntsman Cancer Institute community health educator Nathaniel Ferre has been appointed to the National Cancer Institute Council of Research Advocates (NCRA), a prominent advisory group within the National Institutes of Health.
The NCRA was established in 1998 to provide advice and recommendations to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) director. The committee conducts activities to identify new approaches, promote innovation, recognize unforeseen risks or barriers, and identify unintended consequences that would result from NCI decisions or actions. NCRA members are selected for their expert knowledge of cancer research and policy, as well as their ability to represent a broad patient perspective.

In addition to being a community health educator, Ferre is also a program administrator and member of Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Community Outreach and Engagement team. He leads the NCI-funded Screen to Save initiative, which aims to improve colorectal cancer education and screening rates in rural areas. He also works to address disparities in clinical trial participation through a bilingual English and Spanish virtual education module that helps patients find open, ongoing opportunities.
“I am honored to accept this invitation from the NCI,” says Ferre. “I look forward to serving in this role to continue to advocate for research at the national level, with particular focus that aims to to eliminate barriers that rural and frontier cancer patients experience in the Mountain West and across the nation.”
Ferre was appointed to this position by the NCI director and will serve a four-year term.
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