Application of the ConNECT Framework to Precision Health and Health Disparities

Usha Menon¹, Kimlin Ashing, Mei Wei Chang+12

• ¹Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Vice Dean of Research, University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida. Kimlin Ashing, PhD, is Founding Director, Center of Community Alliance for Research Education, and Professor, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California. Mei Wei Chang, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus. Shannon M. Christy, PhD, is Assistant Member, Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Division of Population Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Katarina Friberg-Felsted, PhD, is Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Utah Salt Lake City. Virginia Gil Rivas, PhD, is Professor, Department of Psychological Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Clement K. Gwede, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is Senior Member, Division of Population Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Qian Lu, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Health Disparities Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Cathy D. Meade, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Senior Member, Division of Population Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and Research Institute & Department of Oncological Sciences, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. Jamila Sly, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Monica Wang, ScD, MS, is Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Betina Yanez, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Karen Yeary, PhD, is Associate Professor, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Jean C. Yi, PhD, is Staff Scientist, Project Director, Biobehavioral Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Kassandra I. Alcaraz, PhD, MPH, is Strategic Director of Health Disparities Research, Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.