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Natasha Buchanan Lunsford, PhD

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Natasha Buchanan Lunsford, PhD is a behavioral scientist in CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control’s Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch. Dr. Buchanan Lunsford serves as the technical lead and/or principal investigator for several domestic and international CDC-funded projects focusing on breast cancer in young women, cervical cancer prevention and control, cancer survivorship, and cancers among children, adolescents, and young adults.

Dr. Buchanan Lunsford serves as co-lead of DCPC’s Cancer Survivorship workgroup and was the technical lead on a recent journal supplement highlighting CDC’s public health focused cancer survivorship research, surveillance, and programs. She also serves as co-lead of CDC/DCPC Mental Health Workgroup and member at large of inter-and-intra agency workgroups working to improve mental and behavioral health outcomes.

Dr. Buchanan Lunsford provides technical assistance to CDC country offices and Ministries of Health in East Africa and Latin America on community sensitization and education regarding cervical cancer prevention and control. She serves as the principal investigator of the Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Cervical Cancer Qualitative Assessment Study, which examines knowledge, awareness, and beliefs of women, men, and other stakeholders about human papillomavirus (HPV), the HPV vaccine, and cervical cancer screening, treatment, and palliative care in Kenya.

Dr. Buchanan Lunsford’s research interests include investigating the social, cultural, behavioral, and psychological factors that impact cancer prevention and control, health disparities, cancer survivorship, and patient outcomes.

Dr. Buchanan Lunsford completed her undergraduate education at Spelman College with bachelor of arts degrees in psychology and Spanish, and earned her master of arts and doctorate of philosophy degrees from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Buchanan Lunsford also completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in health psychology at Emory University School of Medicine and at the Yale University Child Study Center/ Yale University School of Medicine, where she was also an Edward Zigler Child Development and Social Policy fellow. Dr. Buchanan Lunsford has been honored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Southeastern Psychological Association for her research and published work in oncology and health psychology.

Some of the most recent articles Dr. Buchanan Lunsford has authored or co-authored include—

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