Michael F. Neidorff Professor, Division of Public Health Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Bettina Drake is the Michael F. Neidorff Professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement for Siteman Cancer Center. She is a cancer epidemiologist, and her research has focused on identifying preventive strategies and integrating community engagement approaches to reduce cancer disparities.
She received funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify strategies that improve quality of life for metastatic prostate cancer patients and to recruit and maintain a diverse prostate cancer biorepository to foster multidisciplinary prostate cancer research. Currently, she leads two National Cancer Institute (NCI) centers. She is a co-principal investigator on the NCI-funded PECGS grant meant to determine patient engagement among patients of rare cancers and high-risk populations.
She leads as the principal investigator for the community-engaged health equity center, developing the Advancing Cancer Control Equity Research through Transformative (ACCERT) solutions. As Assistant Vice Provost for Community-Engaged Research, she is fostering community engagement as part of the University’s academic mission. She is also the Director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Practice.