09/18/2025
NEXT WEEK: Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Thursday September 25 at Noon. We'll be discussing "Why did the U.S. Surgeon General Issue a Warning on Alcohol and Cancer?" Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/qZqxm) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.
The 2025 advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General indicated that alcohol is a key risk factor for several types of cancer. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about the important connection between alcohol use and cancer risk. Dr. Barry will provide an overview of the current knowledge about alcohol and cancer and also share new research findings on lifetime alcohol intake and its relationship to colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer.
Dr. Kathryn Barry is an Assistant Professor and cancer epidemiologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research aims to investigate environmental and occupational risk factors for cancer, the interplay of genes and the environment in the chance of developing cancer, and biomarkers related to cancer. Dr. Barry has also investigated lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and colorectal polyps, which are benign growths in the colon or re**um that can lead to cancer.
