B. Lee Green, PhD
Dr. Green is a Senior Member of Moffitt Cancer Center's Health Outcomes and Behavior Program and Vice President, Moffitt Diversity. Dr. Green is recognized for his work in the area of cancer health disparities with particular interest in education, knowledge and awareness among minority populations.
His interest also includes community based participatory research as well as minority participation in clinical trials and research studies.
At Moffitt, Dr. Green is responsible for ensuring that the Cancer Center is responsive to diversity issues. His role includes addressing issues such as awareness and education of cancer prevention and control, community outreach activities, cultural competency, equity and inclusion issues, developing strong partnerships with community organizations, and providing support for other key initiatives. The vision is to create a culture of diversity and inclusion as the Cancer Center strives to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.
Dr. Green (Co-Principal Investigator) was awarded a NIH–NCMHD P20 grant designed to build the infrastructure to conduct health disparities research, education, training, and community engagement. Dr. Green was awarded a NIH R-24 Center grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities.
While directing the NIH center grant, he focused on enhancing theoretical models and methods for community-based health promotion and disease prevention among underrepresented populations. He has assisted investigators in conceptualizing community organization theory, models, and methods. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Green’s research has focused upon health promotion and disease prevention in minority communities. He has been a member of many extramurally-supported investigative teams examining issues related to health promotion and disease prevention among minority populations.
Dr. Green is a member of the Tuskegee Legacy Committee. The Tuskegee Legacy Committee was formed to solicit an apology from the U.S. Government for the survivors of the US Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee . As a result of the work of the committee, President Bill Clinton apologized to the survivors and their families. Dr. Green and other members of the Legacy Committee were invited to the White House to witness the apology. Dr. Green has worked extensively in the area of minority participation in clinical trials and research studies. He is currently working with a team of investigators from New York University on examining the influence of the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study on willingness to participate in biomedical studies. Dr. Green is a co-investigator on a NIH grant that examines this issue. This is one of the first studies to quantitatively assess the impact of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study on minority participation in clinical trials.
Dr. Green has held faculty positions at the University of Alabama (1994-1998), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998-2002), Texas A&M University (2002-2006), and Moffitt Cancer Center (2006 – present).
