Center for Advancing Cancer Health

Dr. Luis Carvajal-Carmona is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and a Professor of
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the University of California at Davis (UCD). He holds the
Auburn Community Cancer Endowed Chair in Basic Science. He serves as the Center for Advancing
Cancer Health Director (part of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center) and co-director of the
Community Engagement Program at the Clinical and Translational Science Center. Nationally, Dr.
Carvajal-Carmona has served as a member of the NIH CHSA Study Section, the American Association
for Cancer Research (AACR) Minorities in Cancer Research Council, the AACR Minority Scholars
Awards Committee (as co-Chair), the AACR Molecular Epidemiology Working Group Steering
Committee, the AACR Racial Inequities Task Force and National Cancer Advisory Board Ad hoc
Working Group on Strategic Approaches and Opportunities for Research on Cancer Among Racial and
Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Populations.