- Faculty & Staff
- January 29, 2014
Dr. Ulrike Boehmer, an associate professor of community health sciences at BUSPH, has been invited to serve on the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women was established to help the CDC develop evidence-based approaches to advance understanding and awareness of breast cancer among young women through prevention research, public and health professional education and awareness activities, and emerging prevention strategies.
The committee was established by the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The EARLY Act authorizes CDC to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer among women, particularly among those under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease.
As one of its stated tasks, the committee provides advice and guidance to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Health and Human Services Administration, and the Director and key officials at the CDC, primarily in areas concerning the formative research, development, implementation and evaluation of policies and practices designed to prevent breast cancer and promote the early detection and support of young women who develop the disease.
Dr. Boehmer received her PhD and MA in Sociology from Boston College and graduate degrees in Political Science and History from Technische Hochschule in Germany. Her research interests are in the areas of health disparities, women’s health, LGBT health and cancer prevention and control. For the past several years, she has investigated differences in quality of life, cancer prevalence, cancer mortality, and health-related decision-making, while examining disparities due to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.