“Journeys Along the Good Red Road: Intersections of Culture, Science, Policy and American Indian Health Disparities” Dr. Henderson is the second Native American (Lakota) to graduate from UC San Diego School of Medicine (‘89), and is an inspiring example of a community centered physician-scientist. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, served as Clinical Director of the Public Health Service’ Indian Hospital in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and the Indian Health Service in Black Hills, South Dakota. Dr. Henderson is the founder of the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health which has received over $20 million through 18 NIH and CDC grants and contracts, providing employment for 40-50 reservation-based tribal members; and injecting over $5 million into impoverished reservation communities. He is a prolific scholar and a former Investigator of the Strong Heart Study, the largest epidemiologic study of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. His lecture will focus on cancer disparities.