Keynote Speaker

Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention and Populations Sciences Division

Rodney C. Haring, PhD, MSW, is an assistant professor of oncology in the Department of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. He is one of very few Native Americans working in the field of cancer research. Dr. Haring holds a doctoral degree in social work and is a past co-chair of the Native Research Network. He has evaluation and research experience from the University of Arizona, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo, and SUNY Stony Brook and in the private sector. Dr. Haring is a past research advisor to the National Institutes of Health, American Indian/Alaska Native Health Research Advisory Council.

Dr. Haring is a member of the Beaver Clan and an enrolled citizen of the Seneca Nation of Indians based in western New York.